credit line
noun
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: a line, note, or name that acknowledges the source of an item (such as a news dispatch or television program)
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Qualified cards range from beginner-friendly credit lines with no annual fee to exclusive high-end cards, and from personal accounts to corporate cards.
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Sarah Cahalan, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2025
Conversely, REITs tend to use higher leverage and a mix of floating-rate debt and credit lines that can expose investors to rising interest rates and potential liquidity issues.
—Chay Lapin, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
In many cases, these profiles are also used in bust-out fraud schemes, where fraudsters max out credit lines, quickly convert the funds to cash or goods, and then abandon the accounts entirely—leaving lenders with unrecoverable losses.
—Dr. David Maimon, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Related article Boeing agrees to buy Spirit AeroSystems as part of plan to shore up safety
Airbus would provide non-interest bearing credit lines worth $200 million to Spirit as a part of the deal, the companies said in separate statements.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
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Sarah Cahalan, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2025
Conversely, REITs tend to use higher leverage and a mix of floating-rate debt and credit lines that can expose investors to rising interest rates and potential liquidity issues.
—Chay Lapin, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
In many cases, these profiles are also used in bust-out fraud schemes, where fraudsters max out credit lines, quickly convert the funds to cash or goods, and then abandon the accounts entirely—leaving lenders with unrecoverable losses.
—Dr. David Maimon, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Related article Boeing agrees to buy Spirit AeroSystems as part of plan to shore up safety
Airbus would provide non-interest bearing credit lines worth $200 million to Spirit as a part of the deal, the companies said in separate statements.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Credit line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/credit%20line. Accessed 22 Jun. 2025.
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