credit score

American  

[kred-it skawr] / ˈkrɛd ɪt ˌskɔr /

noun

Personal Finance.

• credit scores
  plural

1. a numerical ranking of an individual’s financial creditworthiness based on spending and credit history, indicating to potential lenders and credit card issuers the individual’s capacity and likelihood to make timely payments of amounts due on loans or credit cards.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• credit scores
  plural

Etymology

Origin of credit score

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

credit score

Each card has a minimum monthly payment on the balance and requires a credit score that is good to very good in order to qualify.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

His credit score had dropped 50 points in a single day.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026

It’s one thing for your credit score to be made public.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recommends completing all loan applications within a two-week period to avoid any negative impact on your credit score from multiple credit applications.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

The player winning the first stroke gets a credit score of 15; for the second he gets 30; for the third 40, and if he wins the fourth he has the game.

From Entertainments for Home, Church and School by Frederica Seeger