credit bureau
noun/ˈkredɪt bjʊərəʊ/
/ˈkredɪt bjʊrəʊ/
(North American English) (British English credit agency)
- a company that collects information about people's credit ratings and makes it available to credit card companies, financial institutions, etc.
- Most banks use scores calculated by credit bureaus to evaluate loan applications.
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