repossesses

英 [ˌriːpəˈzesɪz]

美 [ˌriːpəˈzesɪz]

v.  (因买者未如期付款而)收回(商品)，重新拥有(房地产等)
repossess的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB (因未付清全款而)收回，重新占有
  If your car or houseis repossessed, the people who supplied it take it back because they are still owed money for it.
  1. His car was repossessed by the company...
     他的汽车因为欠款被公司收回。
  2. The firm's sales of repossessed properties is up by 40 per cent.
     这家公司收回房产的销售额上升了40%。

双语例句

• The initiative wants to end the legal situation in which banks can demand full repayment of a mortgage even after it repossesses a house.
  这项运动的发起人希望结束目前法律上的一个现状，这就是银行即便收回了房产也有权全额追偿按揭贷款。