Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

credit line

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.88 in modern English

Syllables: cred-it -line
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

Synonym of line of credit.

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

credit lines (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

attribution

Synonyms

line of credit by-line bank line line personal credit line personal line of credit

Questions

What does credit line mean?: A line of printed text attached to written material, an image, illustration, or the like, which identifies the author, photographer, or other source.

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