Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• UPSIDE-DOWN
  
  A position that consumers find themselves in when the outstanding balance of a loan is higher than the current fair market value of the property purchased with the loan. In automobiles, it is most common in the early years of a lease or loan, when the car is depreciating rapidly but the balance owed remains very high. Also see depreciation.
  
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