How to Use credit limit in a Sentence

credit limit

noun
  • Will a credit limit increase hurt my credit score?
    — Ryley Amond, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Can my credit limit increase by itself?
    — Ryley Amond, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2026
  • And never treat your credit limit as extra income.
    — True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Your child will get their own card that’s connected to your account and have access to your card’s credit limit.
    — Cheyenne Devon, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Other times, reports may show the wrong credit limit or mess up your payment history.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
  • If you’re set on an expensive getaway, here’s a plan to save up without straining your credit limit.
    — Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
  • Now to book travel, inspectors need prior approval to get the credit limit raised.
    — Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 18 Apr. 2025
  • These cards require a cash deposit as collateral, which serves as your credit limit.
    — True Tamplin, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Another method is to request a credit limit increase from your card issuer.
    — True Tamplin, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Saks Global skipped two weeks of payments to Hilldun and hit its credit limit.
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 19 Dec. 2025
  • It's used to compare your total outstanding debt to your total credit limit.
    — Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 13 Mar. 2023
  • For 20%, a high credit limit for big purchases was their biggest factor.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 Feb. 2025
  • If an account is in good standing, it can be changed over to a regular credit card, often with a higher credit limit.
    — Mariana Apostolatos, Cnbc Intern, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2024
  • These early Prime Day discounts are really going to push me over my credit limit!
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 8 June 2026
  • People under 30 and those who live in low-income neighborhoods are more likely to be at or close to their credit limit.
    — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 15 May 2024
  • But if the balance climbs too high compared to the credit limit, credit scores could drop for everyone connected to the account.
    — Doug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
  • Your current credit limit will carry over to your new Citi card, but it may be adjusted over time based on Citi’s practices.
    — Ryley Amond, CNBC, 31 Jan. 2026
  • People in their early 20s learning the powers (and dangers) of having no credit limit.
    — Bill Hardekopf, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Opening an account raises your overall credit limit and potentially adds to your mix of credit types, aiding your score.
    — Nerdwallet, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Having more credit cards increased his overall credit limit and improved his credit utilization rate.
    — Cheyenne Devon, CNBC, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The first step is requesting credit limit increases from your current creditors.
    — Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 20 July 2023
  • When a credit card closes, its credit limit no longer counts toward your total available credit for scoring purposes.
    — David Schepp, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The Soviets spent their entire credit limit (and more) right away, and global grain prices skyrocketed.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2013
  • To stay afloat, Esnard exhausted his personal credit limit.
    — Scott Horsley, NPR, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Eventually, her lender raised her credit limit to several thousand dollars.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Rather than receiving a lump-sum loan upfront, borrowers can access a credit line as needed during the draw period (up to the credit limit).
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • Las Vegas has compressed a short stretch of the Strip into a luxury gauntlet that’ll wreck your step count and your credit limit in the same afternoon.
    — Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Many credit cards typically require you to wait around three to six months to request a credit limit increase, meaning your newest cards might not even be eligible.
    — Ryley Amond, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Typically, secured credit cards offer you a credit limit equal to your security deposit.
    — Emily Sherman, wsj.com, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The federal government is careening toward its borrowing credit limit, beyond which the Treasury won’t be able to pay all its bills.
    — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2023

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