Repossession

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Repossession \Re`pos*ses"sion\ (r?`p?z-z?sh"?n or -p?s s?sh"?n),
     n.
     The act or the state of possessing again.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  repossession
       n : the action of regaining possession (especially the seizure
           of collateral securing a loan that is in default)

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "repossession":
     disendowment, disherison, disinheritance, disownment,
     dispossession, disseisin, eviction, expropriation, foreclosure,
     ransom, recapture, reclaiming, reclamation, recoup, recoupment,
     recovery, recuperation, redemption, regainment, reoccupation,
     replevin, replevy, repossessing, restoration, resumption, retake,
     retaking, retrieval, retrieve, revindication, revival, salvage,
     trover