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credit rating en · NOUN

Meanings

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 then paid off the whole amount the very same day that I received an answer to that inquiry. 1970, United States, Congress, House, Committee on Banking and Currency, Hearings, page 42:

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credit score

Translations (19)

hu hitelbesorolás (estimate used by creditors to determine maximum amount of credit) · hu hitelminősítés (estimate used by creditors to determine maximum amount of credit) · hu hitelképességi besorolás (estimate used by creditors to determine maximum amount of credit) · fr notation financière (estimate used by creditors to determine maximum amount of credit) · de Kreditwürdigkeit (estimate used by creditors to determine maximum amount of credit) · ka საკრედიტო რეიტინგი (estimate used by creditors to determine maximum amount of credit) · ru креди́тный ре́йтинг (estimate used by creditors to determine maximum amount of credit) · ca qualificació de crèdit (estimate used by creditors to determine maximum amount of credit) · hu hitelbírálat (estimate used by creditors to determine maximum amount of credit) · fr notation de crédit (estimate used by creditors to determine maximum amount of credit) · ca puntuació creditícia (estimate used by creditors to determine maximum amount of credit) · fi luottoluokitus (estimate used by creditors to determine maximum amount of credit) · cmn 信用評級 /信用评级 (estimate used by creditors to determine maximum amount of credit) · hu hitelképesség foka/megállapítása/vizsgálata (estimate used by creditors to determine maximum amount of credit) · cmn 信用等級評定 /信用等级评定 (estimate used by creditors to determine maximum amount of credit) · pl rating (estimate used by creditors to determine maximum amount of credit) · is lánstraust (estimate used by creditors to determine maximum amount of credit) · pl zdolność kredytowa (estimate used by creditors to determine maximum amount of credit) · ko 신용등급 (estimate used by creditors to determine maximum amount of credit)