credit ratingnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈkred.ɪt ˌreɪ.tɪŋ/us/ˈkred.ɪt ˌreɪ.t̬ɪŋ/a calculation of someone's ability to pay back money that they have borrowed
See also
rating agency
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Borrowing & lending
- be in the hole idiom
- borrow
- bounce
- call it quits idiom
- call sth in
- credit
- debenture
- fire sale
- gearing
- leverage
- leveraged buyout
- liability
- liquidate
- national debt
- overpay
- pay
- put sth up
- slate
- term
- tick
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Examples from literature
- I grant you the same right to look up my family and my friends and the status of my bank account and my credit rating and my service record.