line of credit
noun phrase
: the maximum credit allowed a buyer or borrower
also
: an agreement providing credit up to a certain amount
Examples of line of credit in a Sentence
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Home equity line of credit: The average HELOC rate had climbed to 8.98% as of March 15, up from just 3.96% two years ago.
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Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2024
Deal: $150,000 in cash and $150,000 as a line of credit for 10% equity with Barbara Corcoran.
—Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2024
Santos allegedly falsified Ethos’ balance sheets and real financial account statements to obtain a $14.8 million line of credit from a bank.
—Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2023
Harvard currently holds short-term investments of $1.4 billion, as well as a $1.5 billion line of credit.
—Janet Lorin, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2023
No reason was given and his line of credit also was shut down.
—Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
Alameda had a $65 billion line of credit to use as collateral when placing bets — a figure that is orders of magnitude larger than the credit that FTX would give to other large investors.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
Small and medium-size companies with good credit ratings were paying 4 percent for a line of credit from their bankers a couple of years ago, according to the National Federation of Independent Business, a trade group.
—Joe Rennison, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
Other companies who received a line of credit were allowed amounts in the double-digit millions only.
—Condé Nast, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2023
Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2024
Deal: $150,000 in cash and $150,000 as a line of credit for 10% equity with Barbara Corcoran.
—Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2024
Santos allegedly falsified Ethos’ balance sheets and real financial account statements to obtain a $14.8 million line of credit from a bank.
—Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2023
Harvard currently holds short-term investments of $1.4 billion, as well as a $1.5 billion line of credit.
—Janet Lorin, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2023
No reason was given and his line of credit also was shut down.
—Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
Alameda had a $65 billion line of credit to use as collateral when placing bets — a figure that is orders of magnitude larger than the credit that FTX would give to other large investors.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
Small and medium-size companies with good credit ratings were paying 4 percent for a line of credit from their bankers a couple of years ago, according to the National Federation of Independent Business, a trade group.
—Joe Rennison, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
Other companies who received a line of credit were allowed amounts in the double-digit millions only.
—Condé Nast, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2023
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