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单词 repossession
释义
repossession
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˌriː.pəˈzeʃ.ən/us
/ˌriː.pəˈzeʃ.ən/
(informalrepo)
theactof taking something back, or the thing that is taken back:
（在购买者无力偿付时）收回，取回（尤指房产）；被收回的东西
house/mortgagerepossessions收回房屋／按揭贷款
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Capturing or taking possession of things
(Definition ofrepossessionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

repossession| Business English

repossession
noun
FINANCE,PROPERTY
uk
/ˌriːpəˈzeʃən/us
(alsoinformalrepo)
[CorU]
theactofrepossessingsomething:
Themortgagemarkethasseenamarkedincreasein repossessions.
Housepricesfelland thousands wereleftfacingrepossession.
Manybanksareaccusedof beingharshintheirrepossessionpolicies.
[C]
ahousethat has been taken back by abankbecause theownerscannotrepaytheloanthat they took tobuyit:
When thehousewassoldas a repossession, itfetchedjust £45,000.
(Definition ofrepossessionfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrepossession

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There has been, for example, a massive growth in repossessions since 1979.
From theCambridge English Corpus
As a result, home ownership is no longer a secure domain and even the middle classes are now at risk of unemployment andrepossession.
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The first person gets the car by repossessing it when the owner stops making payments (and the sale contract allowed forrepossession); the second steals it.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They had their sleep disturbed when the bailiffs tookrepossession.
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We have had growing unemployment, bankruptcies and mortgage repossessions.
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This country's unemployment is rising to record levels; we have record bankruptcies, rising poverty and record house repossessions; we have record and rising crime too.
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Between 1989 and 1991, there was an almost fivefold increase—to 75,000—in the number of repossessions.
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He will also be aware that repossessions of homes for mortgage arrears have risen fivefold in the past eight years.
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Building societyrepossessionstatistics are not available on a regional basis.
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I freely admit thatrepossession, negative equity and other ills in the housing market have caused much pain in the past few years.
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There was a significant and very welcome reduction in the number ofrepossessionactions initiated in the last quarter of 1991.
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We are talking not just aboutrepossession, but about absolute bankruptcy and the moral degradation that goes with it.
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Even more repossessions have only been avoided because building societies are rescheduling payments, which adds to the problems of negative equity and long-term debt.
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We realise that repossessions are now increasing simply because the breadwinner is out of work.
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They have suffered the grief and anguish ofrepossession, but it has also had a damaging impact on the housing market.
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