minus-squarekablammy@sh.itjust.workstomemes@lemmy.world•Layawaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI think it means “owes more than the value of the collateral”, so even liquidating the collateral to pay off the debt will leave you with residual debt. I’ve usually heard it called “underwater on the loan”. linkfedilink
minus-squarekablammy@sh.itjust.workstoToday I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL Cigarette butts are the most common form of plastic pollutionlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThe metric is also “count”, not volume/mass, so not a very useful metric at all. linkfedilink
I think it means “owes more than the value of the collateral”, so even liquidating the collateral to pay off the debt will leave you with residual debt. I’ve usually heard it called “underwater on the loan”.