credit account

noun

British
: an arrangement in which a bank, store, etc., allows a customer to buy things with a credit card and pay for them later : charge account

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Find out whether your credit account will be closed, frozen or left open; whether your credit limit will change; how long the program lasts; what your new payment and interest rate will be; and what happens once the hardship period ends. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026 Identity theft protection can alert you when someone opens a new credit account. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026 In some scoring models, using more than one type of credit account may be beneficial. — Cathie Ericson, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 That means no one can open a new credit account while the freeze is in place. — Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 18 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for credit account

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“Credit account.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/credit%20account. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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