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jingle mail

jingle mail noun: the practice of posting one's house keys back to the mortgage company because of negative equity or inability to pay mortgage investments.

Noun

jingle mail (uncountable)

  1. (neologism) The practice of posting one's house keys back to the mortgage company because of negative equity or inability to pay mortgage investments.
    • "There's going to be a lot of jingle mail this winter," Barnes says of owners who will simply pop their house keys in the mail in lieu of a mortgage check.2007, U.S. News and World Report
    • However, all four states have had the most overheated mortgage markets and reportedly the highest incidence of jingle mail.2008, OECD Economic Surveys: United States 2008

Questions about jingle mail

What does jingle mail mean?
Jingle mail means the practice of posting one's house keys back to the mortgage company because of negative equity or inability to pay mortgage investments.
What part of speech is jingle mail?
Jingle mail is a noun.

Words near jingle mail in the dictionary

  1. jingko
  2. jingle
  3. jingle bell
  4. jingle bells
  5. jingle brains
  6. jingle mail
  7. jingle shell
  8. jingle shells
  9. jingle-brains
  10. jingle-jangle
  11. jingle-jangled

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