1. (n.) The act of vindicating, or the state of being vindicated; defense; justification against denial or censure; as, the vindication of opinions; his vindication is complete. 1  2. (n.) The claiming a thing as one's own; the asserting of a right or title in, or to, a thing.
Almost identical to the size of the average student debt: $27,000. Over 10 years, a typical term for a student loan, the average debt of $28,200 will require a monthly payment of $284 a month at the current federal loan rate of 3.86% According to Experian, the average new car loan today has a monthly payment of $471. Getting into college is hard enough.
Debt-free Americans are a dying breed. We may not have as much debt as we used to, but collectively, we are still very much in the red. The average American now has $47,000 in debt, down from a peak of $53,000 in 2008. So if you have less than that, or if you have more but can keep up with monthly payments, youâre probably doing better than your neighbors.