credit limit

Example Sentences

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For instance, when you tap or swipe your card at a restaurant, the entire bottom line—including state and local taxes and gratuity—is subtracted from your card’s credit limit.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

It may be hard not to feel like a lower credit limit or a temporary ding to your score is a reflection on you, but it’s really not.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026

One man told us how his bank had increased his credit limit, even though he had racked up almost £7,000 of debt during a manic episode linked to bipolar disorder.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

Burberry would slow shipments to Saks once it reached its credit limit and then resume sending goods when Saks paid down the balance, one of the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

There was also a number which looked like a credit limit, in come cases a very, very large limit, for each person.

From Underground by Dreyfus, Suelette