Meanings
nouncredit score (plural credit scores)
plural credit scores
- businessA measure of credit risk, usually for a consumer, calculated from credit information using a standardized formula.
Compared to other major credit card issuers, Capital One has historically catered to customers with credit scores in the 600s range, which is considered subprime.
2024 February 20, Elisabeth Buchwald, “America is on the cusp of a new biggest credit card company. Here’s what it could mean for you”, in CNN Business
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 信用分數 /信用分数, 信用評分 /信用评分
- 信用分數 /信用分数 (xìnyòng fēnshù)measure of credit risk usually for a consumer
- 信用評分 /信用评分 (xìnyòng píngfēn)measure of credit risk usually for a consumer
- 信貸評分 /信贷评分 (xìndài píngfēn)measure of credit risk usually for a consumer
- 信用得分 (xìnyòng défēn)measure of credit risk usually for a consumer
- 信用評定 /信用评定 (xìnyòng píngdìng)measure of credit risk usually for a consumer
Finnish luottopisteytys
- luottopisteytysmeasure of credit risk usually for a consumer
French évaluation des risques-clients
- évaluation des risques-clientsmeasure of credit risk usually for a consumer
German Kreditscoring
- Kreditscoringmeasure of credit risk usually for a consumer
Hungarian hitelpontszám, hitelezési pontszám
- hitelpontszámmeasure of credit risk usually for a consumer
- hitelezési pontszámmeasure of credit risk usually for a consumer
Spanish capacidad crediticia
- capacidad crediticiameasure of credit risk usually for a consumer
Turkish kredi notu
- kredi notumeasure of credit risk usually for a consumer
Ukrainian кредитний скоринг
- кредитний скоринг (kredytnyj skorynh)measure of credit risk usually for a consumer
Cite this entry
APA
credit score. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/credit%20score
MLA
“credit score.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/credit%20score. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “credit score,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/credit%20score.
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