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Water
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Water
In auto sales, a slang term for false equity. For example, water occurs when a car owner claims $3,000 in equity on a vehicle when she only has $1,500 in equity.


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These watered down plans send out entirely the wrong message to an industry which is already forgetting that just a matter of months ago it had to come with its begging bowl to the taxpayer," he said.
Under pressure from Obama and foreign trading partners, the US Congress earlier this year watered down the clause intended to give US-manufactured goods the priority in infrastructure projects.
I think it a bit of slur against some of the great pubs we have up here to talk about watered down beer.
 
 
 
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