credit line

noun

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2
: a line, note, or name that acknowledges the source of an item (such as a news dispatch or television program)

Examples of credit line in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This likely ties to big money matters, a settlement, assets, investments or even debts and credit lines — so the key now is to keep control of your finances and be thinking big picture and long-term. Kyle Thomas, Peoplemag, 21 July 2024 Home equity loans and credit lines allow a mortgage holder to take out a second loan against equity. Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 16 July 2024 Until now, these rarefied suites have been the exclusive purview of high rollers with million-dollar credit lines, but following the property's sale to MGM Resorts in 2022, things are changing. David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2024 But at the end of last month when Mr. Perkins got on a quarterly call with his Ampla account representative, he was told that &Collar’s credit line had been frozen. Jordyn Holman, New York Times, 24 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for credit line 

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Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of credit line was in 1888

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“Credit line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/credit%20line. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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