credit scores

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of credit score.
  credit score

  noun

  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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credit scores

A juicy plot-thickener here: The three credit bureaus created and own VantageScore, devising it as a way to pay less for credit scores.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026

However, a lack of knowledge around credit scores and automating payments landed him in heavy debt after college, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

FICO’s $10 price is for Preferred Program lenders who pay for a bundle to pull credit scores for borrowers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

This time, Bilt cardholders received mistaken debt collection notices and saw their credit scores go down as a result, sparking more embarrassing news stories and angry complaints.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026

Capital One was a rare example of a company that seemed to have found a smart way to lend money to Americans with weak credit scores.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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