deficiency judgment
noun[C]
US(alsodeficiency judgement)ukusLAW
ajudgmentin acourtoflawthat says that someone who hasborrowedmoneymustpayback what is stillowed, after thepropertythat was thesecurityfor theloanhas beensoldand wasworthless than theamountthat wasborrowed:
Beingsuedfor adeficiencyjudgmentafterforeclosureseemsto be one of thegreatestworriesofhomeownersindangeroflosingtheirhomes.