credit limit

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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

Chase lowered the credit limit on my Marriott card because I’m not using that credit card as much as I did in the past, since I don’t travel as much anymore.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 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

By the time the episode ended, he says he was close to his card's £7,000 credit limit.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 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 Whitehead, Harold