From learning the lingo to paying on time, we've got some guidelines for avoiding common credit card pitfalls.

Remember these five tips on credit and debt from today's Marketplace Money.

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Marketplace Money listener J. Larson explains how he and his wife managed to get out of debt, then in, then out again.

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We want to know how finances have caused conflict in your life.

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From "The Payback" by James Brown to The Smiths' "I Don't Owe You Anything" to "Bills, Bills, Bills" by Destiny's Child, we've compiled a playlist of tunes all about borrowing and lending.