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Credit/Borrowing 1
Survival Class Terms on Credit & Borrowing
Term | Definition |
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Credit Limit | Maximum amount of money you can borrow on an account |
Garnish | Legal action to take money from wages to collect on a debt |
Co-signor | Person who agrees to repay a debt if you don't |
Credit Report | A record of how a person has used credit in the past |
Credit Score | A three digit number based on a person's credit report |
Minimum Payment | The lowest amount of money you can pay monthly to keep an account current |
Installment | Repayment of a loan amount in a set number of equal payments |
Revolving Credit | Ability to borrow up to a certain limit, no set pay-off date, ex: credit card account |
Grace Period | The amount of time before interest starts to accumulate on charged purchases |
Loan Term | Time or length of the loan repayment period |