credit rating

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credit rating

noun credit ratings

  1. An estimate, based on a company, government or person's history of borrowing and repayment or available financial resources, that is used by creditors to determine the maximum amount of credit that can be extended without undue risk. And so there it is ― a big fat black mark against my credit rating even though a) the original mistake was Diners Club's (or travel agent's), b) Diner's Club had promised that it was looking into my inquiry when it wasn't, and c) I was paying off the charges in regular monthly fashion all along and

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noun estimate used by creditors to determine maximum amount of credit

한국어신용등급 sinyongdeunggeup
中文信用評級 /信用评级 xìnyòng píngjí, 信用等級評定 /信用等级评定 xìnyòng děngjí píngdìng
Françaisnotation de crédit, notation financière
DeutschKreditwürdigkeit
Русскийкреди́тный ре́йтинг kredítnyj rɛ́jting

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@misc{credit_rating_2026,
  title = {credit rating},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/credit%20rating},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}