CREDIT RATING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does credit rating mean? 

• CREDIT RATING (noun)
  The noun CREDIT RATING has 1 sense:

1. an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments

  Familiarity information: CREDIT RATING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CREDIT RATING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

credit; credit rating

Hypernyms ("credit rating" is a kind of...):

approximation; estimate; estimation; idea (an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth)

 Context examples 

If your credit rating is high, you will have more luck than you would if it is low.

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You learned to cut wasteful spending and to find ways to lower your debt and improve your credit rating.

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In love, be sure you know the person well before you get deeply involved, and know the person’s financial status and credit rating.

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Still, in a year when your financial interests glow so brightly, you can go to an advisor and put together a plan that will allow you to boost your credit rating over time.

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You have been learning how to manage money, how to find affordable funds to borrow when you needed them instead of taking cash advances from credit cards, and the importance of having a solid credit rating

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