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.
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Meanwhile, a senior analyst at the credit rating agency Moody’s defended the health of the sector in a CNBC interview.
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Zev Fima,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
In the calmer stretch, post-acquisition, Varsity has seen an improvement in the company’s credit rating, driven in part by analyst expectations that its legal issues were mostly behind it.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 9 Oct. 2025
The credit rating agency put the rise down to policy weaknesses, market constraints, and inflation, Reuters noted.
—Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Policies based on credit rating and ZIP code disproportionately impact people with lower incomes and people of color.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
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Zev Fima,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
In the calmer stretch, post-acquisition, Varsity has seen an improvement in the company’s credit rating, driven in part by analyst expectations that its legal issues were mostly behind it.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 9 Oct. 2025
The credit rating agency put the rise down to policy weaknesses, market constraints, and inflation, Reuters noted.
—Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Policies based on credit rating and ZIP code disproportionately impact people with lower incomes and people of color.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Credit rating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/credit%20rating. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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