Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

repo man

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables: re-po -man
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A man employed by a finance company or similar lender to repossess property which is the security for a loan or subject of a lease and where payments have not been made by the borrower or lessor at agreed times (i.e. one that is in default).

American usage; Informal

Example Sentences

"I'm a repo man. It's a repossesser. I take back cars from dildos who don't pay their bills. Cool huh?"

Usage

American usage
Informal

Inflected Forms

repo men (plural)

Questions

What does repo man mean?: A man employed by a finance company or similar lender to repossess property which is the security for a loan or subject of a lease and where payments have not been made by the borrower or lessor at agreed times (i.e. one that is in default).

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