creditworthy

[kred-it-wur-thee]

adjective

1. having a satisfactory credit rating.

creditworthy

/ ˈkrɛdɪtˌwɜːðɪ /

adjective

1. (of an individual or business enterprise) adjudged as meriting credit on the basis of such factors as earning power, previous record of debt repayment, etc

Other Word Forms

• creditworthiness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of creditworthy¹

1555–65, for an earlier sense; credit + -worthy

Example Sentences

Now, with the extension of the mortgage bond market into the affairs of less creditworthy Americans, it found its fuel in the debts of the less solvent half.

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Likewise, recent headlines have highlighted trouble for some less creditworthy “subprime” borrowers on their car loans.

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This change, in theory, will allow lenders to apply criteria that are the best fit for their communities and expand the pool of creditworthy borrowers.

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She discovered that loan officers were more likely to rate the applicants as more creditworthy and more financially sound when the obese version of the photograph was attached.

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“Is it right to raise the cost of borrowing for families that have saved up to buy a home to subsidize more families that are less creditworthy?” he said.

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