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credit definition - finance
Any money lent through bonds or loans, for any of a variety of purposes. Credit must be paid back or the borrower risks defaulting.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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