fico

[fee-koh]

noun

plural

ficoes 

1. fig.

fico

/ ˈfiːkəʊ /

noun

1. a worthless trifle

2. another word for fig 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of fico¹

1570–80; < Italian fico, fica fig ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of fico¹

C16: from Italian: _fig ¹

Example Sentences

“FICO, and any other monopoly who has ripped off Americans for decades, should not be using improper efforts to threaten regulators,” he wrote on X.

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To the chief executive of FICO, “choice encourages mortgage participants to shop for the most lax score” and will create a “race to the bottom” that risks American taxpayers being on the hook if something goes wrong.

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Signs of trouble for FICO’s hold on the market emerged in 2006 when Equifax, Experian and TransUnion got together to create VantageScore.

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They were all expecting a decision from the government soon on VantageScore, and they worried that a price increase would give the credit-reporting firms and VantageScore ammunition against FICO.

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Privately, FICO’s leadership was getting annoyed with having to partner with credit-reporting firms, which were becoming more and more competitors.

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