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

For banks with massive balance sheets such as JPMorgan, private-credit firms can present an opportunity to expand the credit box, approving people with lower credit scores or other characteristics that the bank would normally reject.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 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

Cardholders recently got collections notices for overdue balances that weren’t theirs, with their credit scores taking a hit as a result.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

My husband and I earn a good income — $320,000 a year — have credit scores of 830, and our only debts are a $17,000 credit-card balance, a car loan and a mortgage.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 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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