credit line

noun

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: a line, note, or name that acknowledges the source of an item (such as a news dispatch or television program)

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In online complaints and interviews with Forbes, consumers have repeatedly said Tomo’s credit lines sometimes don’t appear at all in their credit history. Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024 Last week, the airline exhausted the last $300 million available under its credit line. Bygreg McKenna, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024 This special credit line had interest rates well below the ones available in banks in Brazil. Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024 The base credit line is $4 billion, with an option to increase it by an additional $2 billion. Hayden Field, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for credit line 

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of credit line was in 1888

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“Credit line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/credit%20line. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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