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to repo

to repo

3 7.9
To take back property because the owner stopped paying
  • verb
  • /ˈriːpoʊ/
  • US
translation icon : recuperar
  • They'll be Looking for that payment and if it's not there, they'll repo the car.
  • to repo a car

I've been evicted and I've had my car repo D and I've been down on the on the on the luck, so to speak.

Examples

  • They're gonna repo it, guaranteed.

    Morgan's Cake (1989)

  • What do you get to repo a car?

    Strange Days (1995)

  • I told him they were gonna repo it.

    The Elder Son (2006)

  • They wanna repo my home!

    Widows (2018)

  • Sorry they repo'd your car, man.

    Rogue Saints (2012)

  • They repo'd her car this morning.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • If you don't make your loan payments, the bank will repo your car.

  • The towing company had to repo the vehicle after the owner missed multiple payments.

  • After months of missed payments, the lender decided to repo the truck.

Synonyms

to repossess
vsto repo
  • Specialized
26 5.8

To take back a house or car when someone stops paying

is a specific verb form rather than a plain phrasal description

Antonyms

to retain
236 3.4

To keep having something such as a job or possession

Surface Forms

repo infinitive
repossessed past
repossessed past participle
repossessing present participle
repos third person singular

Morphology

repo = repossess (semi-transparent) = re + possess

The word is an informal clipping of 'repossess', so the meaning is recoverable from the base word but the shortened form itself gives little morphological guidance.

Etymology

Repo is a short form of repossess, with re- meaning 'again' and possess meaning 'own', so to repo something is to 'take back' property because the owner failed to pay.