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

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Also called credit agency.

Words nearby credit bureau

credibility gap, credible, credit, creditable, credit account, credit bureau, credit card, credit crunch, credit default swap, credit hour, credit life insurance

How to use credit bureau in a sentence

Most landlords don’t report rental payments to credit bureaus, so that information is generally left off, though experts say that’s changing.
Are credit scores a necessary evil?|Emily Stewart|October 29, 2021|Vox
He said he would focus on getting relief to Americans struggling under pandemic-related financial setbacks, in part by policing credit bureaus and mortgage and student lenders.
Rohit Chopra takes a step toward leading the CFPB in Senate vote|Tory Newmyer|September 21, 2021|Washington Post
But give the Kingdom credit for its sense of mercy: The lashes will be administered only 50 at a time.
In Defense of Blasphemy|Michael Tomasky|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
To his credit, Huckabee is conscious of the fact that he will need a cluster of deep-pocketed patrons and bundlers.
Can Huckabee Convert the GOP’s Moneymen?|Lloyd Green|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST

To be sure, Jefferson did share the credit, but not in the way such a resolution might be interpreted.
Forget the Resolutions; Try a Few Declarations|Kevin Bleyer|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
That could include private financial or personal information—like the credit-card numbers you used to pay for the corrupted Wi-Fi.
How ‘Ethical’ Hotel Chain Marriott Gouges Guests in the Name of Wi-Fi Security|Kyle Chayka|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Bureau keeps publicly condemning Pyongyang for the Sony hack.
FBI Won’t Stop Blaming North Korea for Sony Hack -- Despite New Evidence|Shane Harris|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After all, here was a babe equipped to face the exigencies of a censorious world; in looks and apparel a credit to any father.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
The result of the restoration of trade, banking, and credit to earlier and more normal conditions has been steadily apparent.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
He went to a bank in the little town where he had other friends from whom he had never asked credit.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
I must make no mistake, and blunder into a national type of features, all wrong; if I make your mask, it must do us credit.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The so-called war credit banks are designed to serve this purpose.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips