Credit Card Glossary: Terms and Definitions
Credit limit
A credit limit is the amount of money that can be charged to a credit card. The size of a credit limit, and how much of it has been borrowed, have a large influence on consumer credit scores. Low credit utilization — that is, a credit limit on which little has been borrowed — leads to a higher credit score. Credit limit is also known as a credit line. See “How to ask for a credit limit increase.”
Terms from A-Z
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