credit limit
Example Sentences
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A high credit score and low credit limit are not necessarily strange bedfellows.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Genna Contino explained how requesting an increase for a credit card’s borrowing limit can lower your credit score, and how best to time your request for a credit limit increase.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
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
If you would like to avoid future inactivity-related cuts to your credit limit, you could put a small recurring charge on cards you rarely use and pay them off each month.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 3, 2026
We wanted to pin a man down to a definite credit limit, both as regards time and amount.
From Dawson Black: Retail Merchant by Harold Whitehead
