As the name suggest, it is an informal way of approaching your creditors to get out of debts. If you know you can't pay all your debts, its important to prioritise your debts and to write to your creditors to see if you can agree on a repayment timetable. Your creditors could ignore it later and ask you to pay in full as it is not a binding agreement.
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