jingle mail

jingle mail
 n.— «Kosciuszko said the mortgage insurance industry coined the term “jingle mail” because homeowners whose mortgages were worth far more than their homes literally mailed their house keys in to lenders.» —“Haunted by debt” by Pamela Yip Houston Chronicle (1) Nov. 1, 1992. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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