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

He said his credit score, previously above 800, dropped 39 points.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

A high credit score and low credit limit are not necessarily strange bedfellows.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

Bankruptcy is considered a last resort because of its long-term consequences on your credit score, especially if your debt payments and expenses exceed your income.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

Those who do would have a frictionless, document-free assessment provided by credit reference agencies, with no impact on their credit score.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 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 Seeger, Frederica