credit rating

noun

1. a classification of credit risk based on investigation of a customer's or potential customer's financial resources, prior payment pattern, and personal history or degree of personal responsibility for debts incurred.

credit rating

noun

1. an evaluation of the creditworthiness of an individual or business enterprise

credit rating

1. An evaluation of the financial trustworthiness of an individual, firm, or government.

Word History and Origins

Origin of credit rating¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

These algorithms train a sort of machine gaze on photographs and videos, spitting out numerical values akin to credit ratings, where the highest scores can unlock the best online opportunities for likes, views, and matches.

From MIT Technology Review

Today, a city with a decent credit rating can borrow for about 2% for 30 year loans, and even a city with mediocre ratings can borrow for less than 4%.

From Time

Ant defines itself as a technology company, but it operates various financial tools, including investment products and credit rating services.

From Fortune

Moody’s, the credit rating agency, expects the ratio of debt to GDP in the 19 biggest emerging markets to rise by an average of 10 percentage points this year alone.

From Ozy

To the extent SEC investigators believe Sweetwater’s managers lied to their credit rating agency and investors, “they will go after it,” said Matt Fabian, who researches municipal bond markets for Municipal Market Analytics.

From Voice of San Diego

It kept its AAA credit rating; GDP per capita climbed; inflation and unemployment are still low; and the dollar is strong.

From The Daily Beast

The mere threat to withhold authorization, in fact, is as damaging to our credit rating as actually defaulting.

From The Daily Beast

And for the very first time, the United States lost its triple-A credit rating.

From The Daily Beast

Or when there was no way the Republicans were going to push us to the brink in summer 2011 and hurt our credit rating?

From The Daily Beast

The home state of the president drops to the worst credit rating in the nation.

From The Daily Beast

And all you can show us, by way of credit rating, is the fact that your old employer speaks well of you!

From Project Gutenberg

And a nice, fat boost in your credit rating has already gone down to accounting.

From Project Gutenberg

"Confidential credit-rating guide; look her up for us," she said.

From Project Gutenberg