credit rating

noun

: a score or grade that a company or organization gives to a possible borrower and that indicates how likely the borrower is to repay a loan

Credit ratings are based on how much money, property, and debt a borrower has and on how well the borrower has paid past debts.

Examples of credit rating in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

If that happens, the city’s credit rating may well be downgraded for a second time in 2025, which would make future borrowing more expensive. —The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025

This comes as Fitch Ratings on Wednesday downgraded the Japanese automaker’s credit rating to BBB- from BB+, which also means junk status. —Lee Ying Shan 23 Hours Ago S&P 500 closes slightly above the flatline The S&P 500 closed Wednesday’s trading session barely in the green. —Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2025

If the United States were to withdraw, the bank would lose its triple-A credit rating, two credit-rating companies warned in recent weeks. —Max Bearak, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025

And no region is arguably more on the frontlines of the ways Donald Trump is imperiling Washington’s credit rating by making policy chaos and opacity great again. —William Pesek, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for credit rating

• abdicating
• abrogating
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• actuating
• advocating
• aggravating
• aggregating
• agitating
• allocating
• alternating
• animating
• annotating