Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hard inquiry

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English

Syllables
hard in-quiry
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An authorized retrieval of a consumer's complete credit report by a financial institution or creditor, conducted for the purposes of underwriting or risk assessment, and which may have a temporary negative effect on their credit score.

Inflected Forms

hard inquiries (plural)

Synonyms

hard pull

Antonyms

soft inquiry

Questions

What does hard inquiry mean?
An authorized retrieval of a consumer's complete credit report by a financial institution or creditor, conducted for the purposes of underwriting or risk assessment, and which may have a temporary negative effect on their credit score.

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