Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• JOINT AND SEVERAL OBLIGATION
  
  a debt entered into by two or more borrowers, each of whom is liable for repaying the full amount of the debt. Bonds and discount notes sold by the Office of Finance are the joint and several obligations of the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks.
  
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