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Borrowing & lending
amortizable
amortization
amortize
bond measure
bond referendum
bonded
credit limit
debt
get behind
hole
lending rate
microcredit
microloan
non-current
non-interest
non-prime
outstanding
use something as collateral
usury
write something off

Examples from literature

I grant you the same right to look up my family and my friends and the status of my bank account and my credit rating and my service record. 

credit rating | American Dictionary

credit rating
noun[ C ]
us/ˈkred·ɪt ˌreɪ·tɪŋ/
a judgment of whether a person or organization is likely to pay for things that are bought using credit:
Late payments give you a bad credit rating.

credit rating | Business English

credit rating
noun[ C,usually singular ]
ukus
FINANCE
a calculation of the ability of a person, business, or government to pay their debts:
good/high credit ratingCompanies which are considered financially secure are usually awarded a high credit rating.
a poor/low credit rating

Examples of credit rating

credit rating
The transaction might even help the bor rower's creditrating.
The creditrating agencies and traditional re-insurers are taking a hard look at the exposure of various companies who have concentrated on annuity business.
The counter-party must have a very good creditrating, or the swap must be guaranteed by a third party with a strong creditrating.
Creditrating changes are more likely to lag than to lead changes in market value.
The debt has to be very long term and it has to have very high creditrating.
Whatever information a creditrating may convey to the market, it also undoubtedly permits semi-willful ignorance of the full measure of uncertainty inherent in investment.
A high current creditrating may have little reference to what can happen down the track following major change in product markets, technology or in corporate control.
Even when there was no direct veto, the threat of a downgraded creditrating for a country deemed to be wasting money on public expenditure was a major deterrent.
Finally, we have gone into those sensitive areas of securitisation and creditrating agencies.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
How can we improve the operating methods of creditrating agencies and, above all, the dissemination of information, and how can we improve competition?
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For example, creditrating agencies should publish their ongoing stress tests and scenario analyses so as to improve market transparency and minimise shocks.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
This again raises issues relating to the role of creditrating agencies in the financial system and prudential regulation.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Private creditrating agencies have been given new rights to set the standards and promises of delegation of power from the public authorities.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The global financial crisis, to which the creditrating agencies made their contribution, had an influence on this initiative.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
We must remember that it is expected that there will be a more comprehensive improvement of the creditrating agencies in the spring of 2011.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
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