credit line

[ kred-it lahyn ]

noun

1. a line of text acknowledging the source or origin of published or exhibited material.
2. Also called credit limit, the maximum amount of credit that a customer of a store, bank, etc., is authorized to use.

credit line

noun

1. an acknowledgment of origin or authorship, as in a newspaper or film
2. Also calledline of credit the maximum credit that a customer is allowed

Word History and Origins

Origin of credit line¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

There are lots of secrets about how big this financial aid is, in exchange of what favors it is paid for, we neither know any details about the capacity of the credit line nor of its terms.

From The Daily Beast

In 2014, for example, Oracle revealed that its CEO, Ellison, had a credit line secured by about $10 billion of his shares.

From ProPublica

One business was using my credit line and said they weren’t paying the bill.

From Vox

Benitago Group raises $55M in combined debt and equity to buy and grow Amazon brands — Most of the funding takes the form of credit lines to fund acquisitions, but there’s also an equity investment.

From TechCrunch

CoVenture led the equity funding and provided one of the credit lines.

From TechCrunch

“They had no chance to obtain a credit line since the bank does not give credit,” he said.

From The Daily Beast

Reasons for my Gingrich blues No lunar dreams or Grecian cruise No credit line from Tiffany's No saintly wife, his former squeeze.

From The Daily Beast

The book carries the humorous credit line, “Compiled by the Editors of the Wasilla Iron Dog Gazette.”

From The Daily Beast

Some stories included a credit line at the bottom of the first page.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• line of credit