REPOSSESSION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The action of regaining possession (especially the seizure of collateral securing a loan that is in default)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("repossession" is a kind of...):

recovery; retrieval (the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost))

Derivation:

repossess (regain possession of something)