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debt consolidation

 
 
noun [U] FINANCE

Definition

a method used for managing debt, in which you take out a single new loan and use it to pay back several of your other debts: The OFT said that the majority of debt consolidation loans took the form of a second mortgage.
(Definition of debt consolidation noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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