refi
n.— «“It’s refi-mania,” says Felix Beck, chairman of Margaretten & Co., a New Jersey-based mortgage banker.» —“Mortgage-Hunting? Be Ready For Delays and Waiting Lists” by Robert Guenther Wall Street Journal Apr. 2, 1986. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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