credit risknoun
uk/ˈkred.ɪt ˌrɪsk/us/ˈkred.ɪt ˌrɪsk/[ C or U ] a calculation of how likely it is that a person or company will not be able to pay back money they have borrowed from a bank or other organization:
The system assesses the credit risk of new borrowers.
corporate bonds with little credit risk/efforts to reduce credit risk
[ C ] If a person or an organization is a credit risk, it is likely that they may not be able to pay back money that they have borrowed from a bank or other organization:
Even if you are considered a bad credit risk, there are still a few options available to you for borrowing money.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Borrowing & lending
- be in the hole idiom
- borrow
- bounce
- call it quits idiom
- call sth in
- credit
- debenture
- fire sale
- gearing
- leverage
- leveraged buyout
- liability
- liquidate
- national debt
- overpay
- pay
- put sth up
- slate
- term
- tick
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