CREDIT LINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does credit line mean? 

• CREDIT LINE (noun)
  The noun CREDIT LINE has 2 senses:

1. the maximum credit that a customer is allowed

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

  Familiarity information: CREDIT LINE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CREDIT LINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The maximum credit that a customer is allowed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

bank line; credit line; line; line of credit; personal credit line; personal line of credit

Hypernyms ("credit line" is a kind of...):

credit (money available for a client to borrow)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "credit line"):

consumer credit (a line of credit extended for personal or household use)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

by-line; credit line

Hypernyms ("credit line" is a kind of...):

line (text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen)

Meronyms (parts of "credit line"):

author's name; writer's name (the name that appears on the by-line to identify the author of a work)