repossess

B1 Topic:Money & Finance
US /ˌriːpəˈzɛs/ UK /ˌriːpəˈzɛs/
verb Freq #44068

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to take possession of something again, especially property on which payments are overdue

    The lender may repossess the car if payments stop.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to take possession of... take back
Word family
Derived forms repossessorunrepossessed

Etymology

From re- + possess.

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