line of credit
noun phrase
: the maximum credit allowed a buyer or borrower
also
: an agreement providing credit up to a certain amount
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Critics see gleaming towers rising from desert sand and detect not ambition but emptiness — a city with an unlimited line of credit, but without a soul.
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Bobby Ghosh, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
But when the recession hit, wholesalers disappeared overnight and her bank called in a line of credit that would have drained the company.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Eligibility requirements for a business line of credit are similar to those for a term loan.
—Kat Boogaard, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
Wings will need to know details of the programs and get assurance that the government will repay the line of credit, according to the letter.
—Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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Bobby Ghosh, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
But when the recession hit, wholesalers disappeared overnight and her bank called in a line of credit that would have drained the company.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Eligibility requirements for a business line of credit are similar to those for a term loan.
—Kat Boogaard, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
Wings will need to know details of the programs and get assurance that the government will repay the line of credit, according to the letter.
—Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for line of credit
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“Line of credit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20of%20credit. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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