词汇 | credit-freeze |
释义 | credit freeze noun[ C,usually singular ] ukus ECONOMICS, FINANCE a situation in which actions by a government force banks to stop lending money: A sign that the credit freeze may be thawing is a drop of .01% in the interest rate that banks charge to borrow from one another. FINANCE US(alsosecurity freeze) a service that allows consumers to prevent credit bureaus (= companies that collect and sell people's financial information) from selling the information in their files. Credit freezes are used for preventing identity theft (= the illegal use of another person's personal information): The new law allows residents to place a credit freeze on their reports. Keep in mind that a credit freeze will not prevent a thief from misusing your existing credit cards and accounts. Examples of credit freezecredit freeze This creditfreeze brought the global financial system to the brink of collapse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In late 2007, the credit bureaus started to introduce online creditfreeze capabilities, for customers of their credit monitoring services. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The creditfreeze locks the data at the consumer reporting agency until an individual gives permission for the release of the data. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Because a creditfreeze effectively stops any access to the credit report, it places a block in the process of issuing credit. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Where there was a trade surplus of $322 million in 2001, in 2002 the creditfreeze led to a trade deficit of $18 million, to grow rapidly in subsequent years. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. We are not having a credit squeeze or creditfreeze. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Secondly, the new credit restrictions will come as an immense shock to all who have been assured that no new creditfreeze was on the way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Today, credit freezes are made possible by state laws as well as industry-initiated rules. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Credit freezes do have some disadvantages, however, such as creating potential difficulties or delays applying for a loan. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Credit freezes are frequently viewed as the most effective way to prevent financial identity theft. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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