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

Recent Examples on the Web

His credit rating has fallen from 800 to 600. —Mahsa Saeidi, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026

Kenya will buy back outstanding bonds and issue new dollar debt after its credit rating was raised last month, while Côte d’Ivoire is readying a similar strategy, Bloomberg reported. —Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 19 Feb. 2026

International credit rating agencies are also assessing the situation. —Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 16 Feb. 2026

Consequently, title insurers, mortgage insurers and credit rating agencies are at risk from potentially harmful policy, the TD Cowen analyst said. —Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for credit rating

• abdicating
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