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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Furthermore, potential downgrades to the city’s credit rating will cost residents millions of additional dollars for decades to come.
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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
That appropriation would be to repay bonds issued for the stadium — and failure to pay off those bonds each year would put the state at risk of defaulting and plummeting its credit rating.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
Investment in renewable power and battery storage — designed to save energy when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing — is expected to increase in nations heavily dependent on energy imports, including European countries, according to the credit rating firm Fitch Ratings.
—Chan Ho-Him, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
Investment in renewable power and battery storage — designed to save energy when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing — is expected to increase in nations heavily dependent on energy imports, including European countries, according to the credit rating firm Fitch Ratings.
—ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
That appropriation would be to repay bonds issued for the stadium — and failure to pay off those bonds each year would put the state at risk of defaulting and plummeting its credit rating.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
Investment in renewable power and battery storage — designed to save energy when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing — is expected to increase in nations heavily dependent on energy imports, including European countries, according to the credit rating firm Fitch Ratings.
—Chan Ho-Him, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
Investment in renewable power and battery storage — designed to save energy when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing — is expected to increase in nations heavily dependent on energy imports, including European countries, according to the credit rating firm Fitch Ratings.
—ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
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“Credit rating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/credit%20rating. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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