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credit bureau

American  

noun

  1. a firm that investigates the creditworthiness of and assigns a credit rating to a client's customers or potential customers.


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The credit bureau reported earnings of $11.14 a share, compared with $6.59 a share last year.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

Equifax, the credit bureau, said that the war had resulted in higher interest rates and reduced U.S. mortgage activity, preventing it from raising constant-currency revenue guidance.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

Lastly, if anyone is a victim of identity theft, they should report it to a credit bureau, the FTC and local law enforcement, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

Your girlfriend may be showing up with a 1% or 0% credit-utiltization ratio, and thereby depriving the credit bureau of seeing her regular spending habits.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 1, 2025

It is a perfectly justified and consistent thought which recently led a large credit bureau to an effort to base its information on psychological analysis.

From Psychology and Industrial Efficiency by Münsterberg, Hugo

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