credit rating

American

noun

a classification of credit risk based on investigation of a customer's or potential customer's financial resources, prior payment pattern, and personal history or degree of personal responsibility for debts incurred.

credit rating British

noun

an evaluation of the creditworthiness of an individual or business enterprise

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credit rating Cultural

An evaluation of the financial trustworthiness of an individual, firm, or government.

Etymology

Origin of credit rating

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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In a report on Monday, Fitch warned of the risk that Paramount’s financial and leverage targets will slip, and downgraded the group’s credit rating to BB+ from BBB-, and placed it on rating watch negative.

From The Wall Street Journal

Owl Rock specialized in lending money at high interest rates to companies with below investment-grade credit ratings.

From The Wall Street Journal

But as Blue Owl began syndicating the debt financing to institutional investors, some lenders declined to participate and cited CoreWeave’s credit rating as a key reason, Business Insider reported.

From MarketWatch

I’m not sure how much, but now that they’ve parted, his credit rating is wrecked.

From MarketWatch

PacifiCorp said diverging policies among the six states it serves have created challenges that have affected its financial stability, liquidity and credit ratings.

From The Wall Street Journal

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