0 a calculation of someone's ability to pay back money that they have borrowed
1 a judgment of whether a person or organization is likely to pay for things that are bought using credit:
2 a calculation of the ability of a person, business, or government to pay their debts:
good/high credit rating Companies which are considered financially secure are usually awarded a high credit rating.
I grant you the same right to look up my family and my friends and the status of my bank account and my credit rating and my service record.
The transaction might even help the bor rower's credit rating.
The credit rating agencies and traditional re-insurers are taking a hard look at the exposure of various companies who have concentrated on annuity business.
The counter-party must have a very good credit rating, or the swap must be guaranteed by a third party with a strong credit rating.
Credit rating changes are more likely to lag than to lead changes in market value.
The debt has to be very long term and it has to have very high credit rating.
Whatever information a credit rating may convey to the market, it also undoubtedly permits semi-willful ignorance of the full measure of uncertainty inherent in investment.
A high current credit rating may have little reference to what can happen down the track following major change in product markets, technology or in corporate control.
