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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The Federal Reserve’s FEDS note on Bank Lending to Private Credit echoed the concern, highlighting opaque funding chains and undrawn bank credit lines that could be yanked in a downturn. Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025 The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 July 2025 The company then received a five-year $2.5 billion revolving credit line in May. Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 1 July 2025 To avoid layoffs among her 35 workers, Robbins tapped the company’s credit line. Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for credit line

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 21 Aug. 2025.

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