foreclose
verb
uk/fɔːˈkləʊz/us/fɔːrˈkloʊz/forecloseverb(TAKE POSSESSION)
[IorT]finance & economics,lawspecialized
(especiallyofbanks) to take backpropertythat wasboughtwithborrowedmoneybecause themoneywas not beingpaidback asformallyagreed:
(尤指银行)取消抵押品赎回权Thebankisthreateningto forecloseonthe family'shouse.银行威胁要取消这家人回赎住房的权利。
Borrowing & lending
- amortizable
- amortization
- arrears
- bad debt
- bonded
- borrow
- borrowing
- credit rating
- hock
- holiday
- IOU
- over-borrowed
- overdraft
- overpayment
- pay downsomething
- pay off
- paysomeone/somethingback
- reschedule
- secure
- straight
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Success & failure in business
forecloseverb(PREVENT)
[T]formal
topreventsomething from beingconsideredas apossibilityin thefuture:
排除…的可能性The leader'saggressivestanceseemsto have foreclosed anychanceofdiplomaticcompromise.这位领导人咄咄逼人的态度似乎已经排除了外交妥协的任何可能性。
Refusing & rejecting
- abnegate
- abnegation
- bar
- batsomething/someoneaway
- blow(something)out
- brush
- disown
- jettison
- laugh
- miss a chance/opportunityidiom
- punt onsomething
- quit
- quit onsomeone
- react
- react againstsomething
- rebuff
- repudiate
- resistant
- spurn
- turnyournose upidiom