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credit rating

noun

  1. a classification of credit risk based on investigation of a customer's or potential customer's financial resources, prior payment pattern, and personal history or degree of personal responsibility for debts incurred.


credit rating

noun

  1. an evaluation of the creditworthiness of an individual or business enterprise
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


credit rating

  1. An evaluation of the financial trustworthiness of an individual, firm, or government.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of credit rating1

First recorded in 1955–60
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Example Sentences

It kept its AAA credit rating; GDP per capita climbed; inflation and unemployment are still low; and the dollar is strong.

The mere threat to withhold authorization, in fact, is as damaging to our credit rating as actually defaulting.

And for the very first time, the United States lost its triple-A credit rating.

Or when there was no way the Republicans were going to push us to the brink in summer 2011 and hurt our credit rating?

The home state of the president drops to the worst credit rating in the nation.

And all you can show us, by way of credit rating, is the fact that your old employer speaks well of you!

And a nice, fat boost in your credit rating has already gone down to accounting.

"Confidential credit-rating guide; look her up for us," she said.

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