foreclose

Significado (Inglés)

  1. (transitive) To repossess a mortgaged property whose owner has failed to make the necessary payments; used with on.
  2. (transitive) To cut off (a mortgager) by a judgment of court from the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises.
  3. (transitive) To shut up or out; to prevent from doing something.

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Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˌfɔːˈkləʊz/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

Partially from Middle English foreclosen, forclosen, from Old French forclos, past participle of forclore (“to exclude”), from for- (“(prefix used to express error, exclusion, or inadequacy)”) + clore (“to shut”), and partially from Middle English forclusen (“to close up”), from Old English forclȳsan (“to close up”), equivalent to fore- + close.

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