🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

압류

Pronunciation / Transliteration: apnyu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Foreclosure/fɔːrˈkoʊ.ʒər/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그들은 주택 담보 대출 상환 실패로 압류 위기에 처했다."

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As noun
  1. 1

    The legal process by which a mortgage lender takes possession of a property because the borrower has failed to make mortgage payments.

    "The family faced foreclosure after falling behind on their monthly mortgage payments."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French 'foreclos', past participle of 'foreclure' (to shut out, exclude), from Old French 'for-' (outside, away) + 'clure' (to close), based on Latin 'cludere'.

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