0 past simple and past participle of repossess
1 to take back possession of something, especially property that has not been completely paid for:
I couldn't make my mortgage repayments so the bank repossessed my house.
What was initially felt to be a curse - the curse of homelessness or the curse of enforced exile - gets repossessed.
In 1811, he repossessed a cargo ship that he had received as collateral, with which he began to engage in maritime shipping.
I feel very sorry for all those people who have had their houses repossessed or who are unable to move because of negative equity.
Once one-third of the total price has been paid, the goods cannot be repossessed without a court order.
Secondly, once one-third of the total purchase price has been paid the goods cannot be repossessed except by court order.
Over half of the properties repossessed by lenders this year were in that voluntary repossession category.
In 1977, slightly more than 4,500 properties were repossessed by mortgage lenders.
It is important to know that definition because, if a school defaulted on its payments, are we to assume that those assets could be repossessed?
