marron

American

[mar-uhn, muh-rohn, ma-rawn] / ˈmær ən, məˈroʊn, maˈrɔ̃ /

noun

a large European chestnut, especially as used in cooking, and often candied or preserved in syrup.

marron ¹ British

/ ˈmærən, marɔ̃ /

noun

a large edible sweet chestnut

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marron ² British

/ ˈmærən /

noun

a large freshwater crayfish of Western Australia, Cherax tenuimanus

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Etymology

Origin of marron

First recorded in 1870–75; from French; maroon ¹

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Generally, down-payment funding for higher-income buyers “runs out the quickest,” Pam Marron, a Palm Harbor, Fla.-based mortgage broker, told MarketWatch.

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But over the course of the last four months, in particular, “I have noticed a huge increase in the people that need down-payment assistance,” Marron said.

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Though these programs can substantially bring down the cost of buying a house, that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re fueling speculative home buying or encouraging people to take on risky loans that they can’t pay back, Marron noted.

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“Buyers who use these programs must meet certain requirements, just like other borrowers,” Marron said.

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“Bus passengers want reliability and reduced trip times,” said Eric Goldwyn, program director of the NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management.

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