repossess

Word family nounrepossessionrepossessorverbrepossess

Related topics: Loans

re·pos·sess /ˌriːpəˈzes/ verb [transitiveT]

BFLto take back cars, furniture, or property from people who had arranged to pay for them over a long time, but cannot now continue to pay for them 收回〔购物者不能继续付款的货物〕 → bailiff, repo man

Eventually the bailiffs came to repossess the flat.

查封官终于来收公寓了。

—repossession /-ˈzeʃən/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

repossess• Marsh had spent some of the money on buying a Jaguar, followed by a Porsche which had now been repossessed.• The champagne corks popped but then the reporter told us the house had been repossessed.• Most of the money is owed by people whose homes have been repossessed and sold for less than their outstanding mortgage.• Figures released by the Council of Mortgage Lenders last week show that about 80,000 homes were repossessed by lenders in 1991.• His car was eventually repossessed by the auto loan agency.• He or his collection agent will try to repossess everything you own.• This reluctance of lenders to repossess homes owes little to sentiment: few lenders want to sell assets into a falling market.• Most mortgage lenders stress that they are not keen to repossess homes.• A hundred thousand homes have been repossessed so far this year.

From Longman Business Dictionary

repossessre·pos·sess /ˌriːpəˈzes/ verb [transitiveT]FINANCEPROPERTY

to take back a car, property etc from someone who had arranged to pay for them over a long time, but cannot now continue to pay for them

Creditors are seeking to repossess 10 jets.

单词	repossess
释义	repossess Word family nounrepossessionrepossessorverbrepossess Related topics: Loans re·pos·sess /ˌriːpəˈzes/ verb [transitiveT] BFLto take back cars, furniture, or property from people who had arranged to pay for them over a long time, but cannot now continue to pay for them 收回〔购物者不能继续付款的货物〕 → bailiff, repo man Eventually the bailiffs came to repossess the flat. 查封官终于来收公寓了。 —repossession /-ˈzeʃən/ noun [countableC, uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus repossess• Marsh had spent some of the money on buying a Jaguar, followed by a Porsche which had now been repossessed.• The champagne corks popped but then the reporter told us the house had been repossessed.• Most of the money is owed by people whose homes have been repossessed and sold for less than their outstanding mortgage.• Figures released by the Council of Mortgage Lenders last week show that about 80,000 homes were repossessed by lenders in 1991.• His car was eventually repossessed by the auto loan agency.• He or his collection agent will try to repossess everything you own.• This reluctance of lenders to repossess homes owes little to sentiment: few lenders want to sell assets into a falling market.• Most mortgage lenders stress that they are not keen to repossess homes.• A hundred thousand homes have been repossessed so far this year. From Longman Business Dictionary repossessre·pos·sess /ˌriːpəˈzes/ verb [transitiveT]FINANCEPROPERTY to take back a car, property etc from someone who had arranged to pay for them over a long time, but cannot now continue to pay for them Creditors are seeking to repossess 10 jets.
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