foreclosure

English

Etymology

From foreclose by analogy with closure.

Noun

foreclosure (countable and uncountable, plural foreclosures)

1. (law) the proceeding, by a creditor, to regain property or other collateral following a default on mortgage payments
2. (psychoanalysis) The absence of a symbolic father for a fatherless child, as a cause for psychosis.

Related terms

• foreclose
• distraint

Translations

proceeding by a creditor

• Danish: eksekution c, tvangsfuldbyrdelse c
• Dutch: executoriale verkoop, executie (nl)
• Esperanto: sekvestrado
• Faroese: fíggjartøka f
• Finnish: ulosmittaus, ulosotto (fi)
• French: saisie d’hypothèque f, saisie immobilière f, saisie (fr) f
• German: Zwangsvollstreckung (de) f, Pfändung (de) f
• Greek: κατάσχεση (el) f (katáschesi)
• Hungarian: zálogjog/jelzálog érvényesítése (ingatlanon), lefoglalás, zár alá vétel, végrehajtás (hu)
• Icelandic: aðför (is) f
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• Italian: pignoramento (it) m
• Maori: taumanutanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tvangsfullbyrdelse

  Nynorsk: tvangsfullføring

• Polish: zajęcie (pl)
• Portuguese: execução (pt) f
• Spanish: embargo (es) m, ejecución de hipoteca f, acción hipotecaria f
• Swedish: utmätning (sv) c, exekution (sv) c
• Tagalog: pagsamsam ng nakasangla