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credit bureau

American  

noun

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


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The credit bureau reported earnings of $11.14 a share, compared with $6.59 a share last year.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

Equifax, the credit bureau, said that the war had resulted in higher interest rates and reduced U.S. mortgage activity, preventing it from raising constant-currency revenue guidance.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

It doesn’t matter to the credit bureau whether it’s $90 or $9,000.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Michael McRoberts is a Northwestern graduate in biomedical engineering who spent much of his career designing debt-collection strategies for a credit bureau.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

These men maintain a credit bureau, mining information bureau and traffic bureau, and are carrying out a program of civic improvement and state development.

From Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information by Stratton, Lilyan

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