FORECLOSURE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default
   Hypernyms(s) foreclosure is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • proceeding (what does proceeding mean?)
   • legal proceeding (what does legal proceeding mean?)
   • proceedings (what does proceedings mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • foreclose (what does foreclose mean?)