Associations to the word «Foreclose»

Wiktionary

FORECLOSE, verb. (transitive) To repossess a mortgaged property whose owner has failed to make the necessary payments.
FORECLOSE, verb. (transitive) To cut off (a mortgager) by a judgment of court from the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises.
FORECLOSE, verb. (transitive) To prevent from doing something.
FORECLOSE, verb. (transitive) To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude.

Dictionary definition

FORECLOSE, verb. Keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project".
FORECLOSE, verb. Subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca