REPOSSESSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does repossession mean? 

• REPOSSESSION (noun)
  The noun REPOSSESSION has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: REPOSSESSION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPOSSESSION (noun)

Sense 1

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)