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.

Examples of credit rating in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Charles-McClintock Wilson | Nurphoto | Getty Images Microsoft on Thursday announced plans to raise $25 billion in bonds, taking advantage of its healthy credit rating to support its infrastructure expansion. — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026

Microsoft has protected its AAA credit rating — one of just two left in Corporate America, alongside Johnson & Johnson’s — and is reaping the rewards for its financial discipline. — Ellen Dimauro, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Aldermen have questioned the plan, a potential red flag for credit rating agencies, but the City Council shares broad consensus that the city must find the money to pay one way or another. — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

The new company has nearly $80 billion in debt, with leverage of six-and-a-half times trailing earnings, a ratio that has alarmed investors and triggered credit rating downgrades. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for credit rating

• abdicating
• abrogating
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• actuating
• advocating
• aggravating
• aggregating
• agitating
• allocating
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• animating
• annotating