Vocabulary
Types of Credit
Characteristics
Credit Description
100

Money paid regularly at a particular rate

What is Interest?

100

An arrangement to buy goods and services on account without making immediate cash.

What is Trade Credit?

100

This is the ability to repay loans.

What is Capacity?

100

What are the 4 C's of Credit?

What is capacity, capital, collateral, and credit?

200

a provision in most loan and insurance contracts, which allows payment to be received for a certain period of the time after the actual date

What is Grace Period?

200

This is an arrangement between a blender and a borrower that allows the latter to access credit repeatedly.

What is Open-End Credit?

200

the money you've already invested and the money you're seeking to invest.

What is Capital?

200

What are the four pillars of credit?

Credit score, income,employment,and down payment

300

A rate that shows the total cost of credit annually

What is APR (Annual Percentage Rate)?

300

Fill in the blank. _____ credit is a type of credit when lenders trade among themselves.

What is Mutual?

300

These are the terms that levied on the loan and how they are changed.

What is Conditions?

300

What are 4 main factors in determine your credit score?

Payment history, amounts owed, credit mix, lengths pf credit history

400

This is the amount of money the credit card issuer charges you for having the account each year.

What is Annual Fee?

400

Which credit is automatically renewed when debts are paid off?

A. Bank Credit

B. Service Credit

C. Revolving Credit

What is C. Revolving Credit?

400

This characteristic refers to your credit history.

What is Character?

400

What are credit score killers?

Late payments, students loans, mortgages, and foreclosure

500

This is the average amount you owe on the credit during each day of the filing cycle.

What is the Average Daily Balance?

500
This type of credit is a loan that offers a borrower a fixed amount of money over a specific period of time.

What is Installment Credit?

500

This refers to personal assets like your home.

What is Collateral?

500

Factors that can improve credit score?

Pay bills on time, review your credit report, keep credit utilization rate low and limit applying for new accounts