| 单词 | credit agency |
| 释义 | > as lemmascredit agency credit agency n. (a) an organization that manages or provides credit or loans; (b) an organization that provides credit ratings, credit scores, etc.; a credit reference agency. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > one who lends money > a (type of) loan-society loan-society1835 credit union1843 credit agency1861 Fannie Mae1948 Ginnie Mae1968 Sallie Mae1970 Freddie Mac1971 1861 Macmillan's Mag. Dec. 122/2 There is indeed at present some talk..of founding a sort of general credit-agency for the associated bodies, which should undertake the management and securing of loans to them. 1899 Amer. Lumberman 21 Oct. 15/2 The Lumberman has been at the pains to go carefully through the rating book of a credit agency devoted to the lumber business. 1950 Changing Times June 14/1 Before you can obtain credit in a new community, the credit bureau will buy a complete report on you from a credit agency in the town in which you lived. 1981 R. H. Bates Markets & States in Trop. Afr. 58 Low-ranking members of a credit agency in Ghana furnish persuasive if impressionistic evidence of the role of privilege in securing subsidized credit. 1990 Times 29 Mar. 25/2 Standard and Poors, the credit agency, upped the rating of the society's long-term loans to AA. 2010 M. J. Arata Identity Theft for Dummies v. 75 You must dispute the inaccurate information with the credit agency from which the lender received your credit report. < as lemmas |
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