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# creditworthy

«creditworthy» in Mova's school dictionary: **thought safe to lend money to, because they are likely to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (creditworthy, more creditworthy)

### meaning for a pupil

(money) A creditworthy person or company is thought safe to lend money to, because they are likely to pay it back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creditworthy/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

An adult money word: banks lend more easily, and more cheaply, to creditworthy customers. A child may hear it in talk about loans, credit cards and buying a house.

### examples

- The bank decided the family was creditworthy and gave them a loan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creditworthy/#x1)
- You become creditworthy by paying debts on time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creditworthy/#x2)
- Shops only offer «buy now, pay later» to creditworthy customers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creditworthy/#x3)
- The company was no longer creditworthy after it lost money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creditworthy/#x4)
- Being creditworthy helps adults rent a flat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creditworthy/#x5)
- Lenders check whether a business is creditworthy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creditworthy/#x6)

### note

Also written credit-worthy. Noun: creditworthiness. Opposite: not creditworthy, a bad credit risk.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «creditworthy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creditworthy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.