Ever Heard of an “Application for Debt”?

How we talk about credit goes a long way in revealing our attitudes toward using it responsibly.

From Urban Word of the Day comes a new term to describe the junk mail flood of credit card applications.

Application for Debt:

An of offer of credit from a financial institution.

Wife: What did we get in the mail today?
Husband: Just an Application for Debt.

The original definition can be found on the Urban Dictionary.  For more definitions of common bankruptcy terms, visit our bankruptcy dictionary.

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