credit rating
noun
: a score or grade that a company or organization gives to a possible borrower and that indicates how likely the borrower is to repay a loan
Credit ratings are based on how much money, property, and debt a borrower has and on how well the borrower has paid past debts.
Examples of credit rating in a Sentence
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Large defaults could threaten the credit rating of the municipality or government agency that issued the bonds.
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2024
Few of them came to Washington expecting that performing rote tasks like keeping the government operating and maintaining America’s credit rating would amount to career highlights.
—Robert Draper, New York Times, 30 May 2024
The credit bureaus did nothing to restore my credit rating.
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024
The county received the bond rating last year from three independent credit rating agencies for the sixth year due to its healthy financial position.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2024
That, say, bonds sold to rehab Soldier Field just two decades ago can be rolled into a new $1.2 billion debt issue — with an almost unheard-of 40-year amortization — without trashing the state’s credit rating.
—David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2024
The state or whichever entity issues the bond would face significant pressure to obtain a credit rating for a bond issue that large, in part because investors would demand it.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2024
But most candidates say the country is moving in the wrong direction, pointing to a downgrade of Panama’s credit rating in March.
—Leila Miller, New York Times, 5 May 2024
Shrinking the increase to 16 percent in 2025 would lower cash flow, possibly jeopardizing the authority’s credit rating, and force postponement of some infrastructure projects.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2024
Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2024
Few of them came to Washington expecting that performing rote tasks like keeping the government operating and maintaining America’s credit rating would amount to career highlights.
—Robert Draper, New York Times, 30 May 2024
The credit bureaus did nothing to restore my credit rating.
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024
The county received the bond rating last year from three independent credit rating agencies for the sixth year due to its healthy financial position.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2024
That, say, bonds sold to rehab Soldier Field just two decades ago can be rolled into a new $1.2 billion debt issue — with an almost unheard-of 40-year amortization — without trashing the state’s credit rating.
—David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2024
The state or whichever entity issues the bond would face significant pressure to obtain a credit rating for a bond issue that large, in part because investors would demand it.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2024
But most candidates say the country is moving in the wrong direction, pointing to a downgrade of Panama’s credit rating in March.
—Leila Miller, New York Times, 5 May 2024
Shrinking the increase to 16 percent in 2025 would lower cash flow, possibly jeopardizing the authority’s credit rating, and force postponement of some infrastructure projects.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2024
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“Credit rating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/credit%20rating. Accessed 8 Jun. 2024.
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