(publishing) A line of printed text attached to written material, an image, illustration, or the like, which identifies the author, photographer, or other source. / (finance, banking) A line of credit.

A method of payment in which an amount of money (credit) is transferred directly from one account to another, in the same or different bank

plural of credit crunch

(finance) A significant default on a financial instrument or some other financial occurrence, such as bankruptcy, restructuring, repudiation, or moratorium, or failure to pay some other obligation, such as taxes.

plural of credit score

(finance) A measure of credit risk, usually for a consumer, calculated from credit information using a standardized formula.

(finance) A document of the history and current status of a borrower's credit standing, and may include identifying information, credit information, public records information, recent inquiries and credit score.

(banking, economics) Credit extended to an individual for the purchase of consumer goods and services.

plural of credit reference

(politics, economics) a political and economic philosophy originated by C. H. Douglas which envisages an "aristocracy of producers, serving and accredited by a democracy of consumers".