credit score

American  

[kred-it skawr] / ˈkrɛd ɪt ˌskɔr /

noun

Personal Finance.

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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Etymology

Origin of credit score

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

The remaining 31% said they want to pay down debt in 2026, while 15% want a raise and 2% seek to improve their credit score.

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But make sure you’re still making the minimum payments on your credit cards, so that your credit score doesn’t drop while building up those savings.

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But even with a discount from a three-year safe-driving record, her coverage lapse and a bad credit score pushed her quoted premium to $476 a month.

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Yet other insurance practices — like using the driver’s credit score to influence their premium price — worsen the problem, as she sees it.

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“You might see that there’s good interest rates out there, but if you don’t have a good enough credit score to get through the door … then you’re not going to get it.”

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