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Monday, March 15th 2010
Credit Card Glossary

Credit Card Glossary: Terms and Definitions

Confused by credit card terms? CreditCards.com's glossary of credit card definitions will help. From account holder to Regulation Z, we have defined the most-common and most-confusing credit card terms.
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Inactive account

An inactive account is a bank account with infrequent or no use. In the case of credit cards, if no activity is recorded for the account, some card issuers will close the account and revoke charging privileges. An inactive account is also called a dormant account.

Related Terms:authorized user, automatic payment, available credit, balance-to-limit ratio, bank, bank card, billing cycle, cash advance fee, debtor, deferred interest, deleveraging, expired card, finance charge, foreign transaction fee, hold, margin, mcc (merchant category codes), merchant category code (mcc), new balance, over-limit, overdraft protection, pay to pay, purchase rate, revolving line of credit, service charge, terms and conditions, total finance charge, utilization ratio, zero balance
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