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# repossess

«repossess» in Mova's school dictionary: **To take back goods or a house because the buyer has not…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (repossess, repossesses, repossessed, repossessing)

### meaning for a pupil

(money, law) To take back goods or a house because the buyer has not kept up the payments they promised. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repossess/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Adult life seen by a child: if a family cannot pay the mortgage, the bank may repossess the house; a car bought on credit can be repossessed. It is a sad and serious thing for families. Phrases: «the house was repossessed», «repossession order».

### examples

- The bank repossessed the house when the payments stopped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repossess/#x1)
- If you don't pay for the car, the company can repossess it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repossess/#x2)
- Our neighbours were worried their home would be repossessed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repossess/#x3)
- The shop repossessed the sofa after the missed payments. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repossess/#x4)
- Losing a job can mean a home is repossessed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repossess/#x5)
- They got help from a charity so their house was not repossessed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repossess/#x6)

### note

Spelling: double «s» twice — re-po-SS-e-SS. Noun «repossession». It happens only after a long time of missed payments, usually with warnings and court steps.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «repossess» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repossess/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.