creditworthiness

«creditworthiness» in Mova's school dictionary: how safe a bank or shop thinks it is to lend money to a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (creditworthiness — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

(money) Creditworthiness is how safe a bank or shop thinks it is to lend money to a person or company, based on whether they usually pay back what they owe. tree →

sense in the lessons

An adult money word seen by children in talk about loans, mortgages and credit cards: banks check creditworthiness before lending. A «credit score» is a number that measures it. Paying bills on time builds it; missed payments damage it.

examples

• The bank checked Dad's creditworthiness before giving the mortgage. tree →
• Paying bills on time improves your creditworthiness. tree →
• A company's creditworthiness affects how much it can borrow. tree →
• Missing loan payments harmed her creditworthiness. tree →
• Lenders use a credit score to judge creditworthiness. tree →
• Good creditworthiness can mean lower interest on a loan. tree →

note

Uncountable. Adjective: creditworthy. Here «credit» means borrowing money that you must pay back, usually with interest — not praise.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «creditworthiness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.