How to Use line of credit in a Sentence

line of credit

noun phrase
  • Vong was ordered to surrender his passport, not open a new bank account or line of credit and undergo mental health treatment upon being released Thursday.
    Dana Munro, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2024
  • And the average on a home equity line of credit is 8.48%.
    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 14 June 2023
  • And the average on a home equity line of credit is 8.58%.
    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 26 July 2023
  • No reason was given and his line of credit also was shut down.
    Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
  • There currently is about a $6.6 million balance on the line of credit, Minick said.
    Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2023
  • Wang said that Alameda also had a $65 billion line of credit.
    Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 2 Nov. 2023
  • At the time, the outlet noted the filmmaker had sold some of his wineries in order to establish a line of credit to pay for the movie.
    Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 20 May 2024
  • Closing a line of credit reduces the average age of all your accounts.
    Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 19 July 2023
  • My credit union is offering a home equity line of credit with a rate of 3%.
    Liz Weston, oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2023
  • This could impact your ability to borrow on your line of credit.
    Ryan Weissmueller, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • For those with a home equity line of credit, consider locking in a lower rate on all of a portion of your balance.
    Becca Stanek, theweek, 7 May 2024
  • The company was issued a $2 million line of credit that renews every Dec. 31.
    Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 2 May 2023
  • The line of credit didn’t start that big — Wang testified that Bankman-Fried had asked him to increase it a few times because Alameda kept running into its limits.
    Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Over time, the line of credit extended to Alameda grew from $1 million to $1 billion to, finally, $65 billion.
    Condé Nast, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Homeowners with variable-rate loans, such as a home equity line of credit or adjustable-rate mortgage, could also be in for a shock.
    Tanza Loudenback, wsj.com, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The complaint outlines instances where Santos allegedly used false bank statements to inflate the assets of his business to close deals or open a line of credit.
    Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2023
  • His company, which makes robotic lawn mowers, had a line of credit and most of its cash with the bank, but the worry at that point was mostly theoretical.
    Saritha Rai, Fortune, 30 Mar. 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
  • Ellison said that Alameda had access to an unlimited line of credit on the exchange and that the fund withdrew about $14 billion before the collapse of FTX, but paid some of it back.
    James Fanelli, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Other companies who received a line of credit were allowed amounts in the double-digit millions only.
    Condé Nast, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Yes, there are options of getting a home equity line of credit for emergencies, but that usually comes with a variable interest rate that can be costly when rates are high.
    Orlando Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Advertisement Spooked by the volatility in rupee-ruble exchange rate, the south Asian power’s largest defence supplier has even stopped a $10 billion line of credit for spare parts.
    Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 26 Apr. 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
  • However, qualifying for a line of credit may require a strong credit history and a proven track record of successful Amazon sales.
    Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 14 July 2023
  • Unlike an ‘unsecured’ credit card – which is just a normal credit card - a secured credit card requires a security deposit that becomes the user’s line of credit.
    Amy Wagner and Steve Sprovach, The Enquirer, 8 June 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • Wang had already testified yesterday about the special privileges Alameda allegedly enjoyed, such as trading faster, the ability to have a negative account balance, and the $65 billion line of credit.
    Condé Nast, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Prosecutors contend the two companies were intertwined, that Alameda could withdraw billions of dollars from FTX using a line of credit that no other account enjoyed and with no risk of being liquidated.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Aurora officials are looking at renewing a line of credit seen as important to economic development projects.
    Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2023

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