Phrase guide

credit line

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A line of printed text attached to written material, an image, illustration, or the like, which identifies the author, photographer, or other source.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: media, publishing

Examples

  • 1963, Earl Ingerson, "Geological Processes," (Review of Physical Geochemistry by F. Gordon Smith), Science, New Series, vol. 141, no. 3576, p. 146, Diagrams for ten systems not listed in the table are given, mostly without any credit line or reference in the text or in the legend.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Synonym of line of credit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: banking, business, finance

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: line of credit

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a line giving the name of the writer of a story or article

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: by-line

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: line

4

noun

Meaning 4

the maximum credit that a customer is allowed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: line of credit, bank line, line, personal credit line, personal line of credit

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: credit

Narrower terms: consumer credit

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 榮譽行 /荣誉行 (róngyùháng) — line of printed text
  • Finnish: lähdeviittaus — line of printed text