Usually means: Take back possession of property.
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We found 30 dictionaries that define the word repossess:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. repossess: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. repossess: Merriam-Webster
  3. repossess: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. repossess: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. repossess: Collins English Dictionary
  6. repossess: Vocabulary.com
  7. Repossess, repossess: Wordnik
  8. repossess: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. repossess: Wiktionary
  10. repossess: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. repossess: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. repossess: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. repossess: Dictionary.com
  14. repossess: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Repossess: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. repossess: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. repossess: Rhymezone
  18. repossess: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. repossess: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. repossess: FreeDictionary.org
  21. repossess: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. repossess: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. repossess: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. repossess: Law.com Dictionary
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. repossess: Legal dictionary
  6. repossess: Financial dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ verb:  (law, finance) To reclaim ownership of property for which payment remains due.
▸ verb:  (dated, reflexive) To gain back possession of.

Similar:
reclaim, take back, replevy, claim, result, call, repeat, impound, distress, possess, more...

Opposite:
retain, keep, hold, possess

Types:
foreclose, seize, take back, claim, confiscate, more...

Phrases:
to repossess one's self of, to repossess ones self of, more...


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Similar:
reclaim, take back, replevy, claim, result, call, repeat, impound, distress, possess, more...

Opposite:
retain, keep, hold, possess

Types:
foreclose, seize, take back, claim, confiscate, more...

Phrases:
to repossess one's self of, to repossess ones self of, more...



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