on credit

Example Sentences

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Under the contract model, buyers advance seeds, fertiliser and other inputs on credit and agree to buy the harvest at a set price.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Still, I relied on credit to get me by at times and incurred credit-card debt when I wanted to buy more than I could afford.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

Though adjusted earnings per share of $4.42 was below Jefferies’s $4.88 estimate, a better-than-expected delinquency rate on credit card lending and lower marketing costs are encouraging, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Some private-credit executives say consumer debt can be less risky, pointing to the current relatively low delinquency rates on credit cards and other consumer loans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

If you could buy shoats on credit, fatten them on food that cost next to nothing, sell them, pay off your loan, and take your profit, you would really have done something.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck