Chii chinonzi chikwereti?
Chikwereti cheimba kana kuti chikwereti cheimba, mumatare ehurumende anozivikanwawo sechikwereti cheimba, chikwereti chinoshandiswa nevatengi vezvivakwa kuti vawane mari yekutenga zvivakwa, kana nevaridzi vezvivakwa zviripo kuti vawane mari chero chinangwa vachiisa chikwereti pane chivakwa chiri kuvharirwa. Chikwereti chacho "chinotsigirwa" nepfuma yomunhu anenge akwereta achishandisa nzira inonzi kugadzirwa kwechikwereti. Izvi zvinoreva kuti gadziriro yepamutemo inoiswa panzvimbo inobvumira mukweretesi kutora uye kutengesa chivakwa chakachengetedzwa ("forclosure" kana "repossession") kubhadhara chikwereti kana mukweretesi asingakwanisi kubhadhara chikwereti kana kuti zvimwe asingateereri mazwi ayo. Shoko rokuti chikwereti chinobva mushoko rechiFrench raishandiswa muBritain munguva yeMiddle Ages richireva "chikwereti chorufu" uye rinoreva chikwereti chinoguma (chichifa) apo chisungo chacho chinozadzikiswa kana kuti pfuma inotorwa kupfurikidza nokuvharirwa. Chikwereti chinogona kurondedzerwawo so"mukweretesi anopa mubhadharo muchimiro chechikwereti nokuda kwebetsero (chikwereti)".