credit limit

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

For instance, when you tap or swipe your card at a restaurant, the entire bottom line—including state and local taxes and gratuity—is subtracted from your card’s credit limit.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Ideally, you want to keep your ratio of credit-card usage to credit limit at between 25% and 30%.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026

By the time the episode ended, he says he was close to his card's £7,000 credit limit.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

Burberry would slow shipments to Saks once it reached its credit limit and then resume sending goods when Saks paid down the balance, one of the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

We wanted to pin a man down to a definite credit limit, both as regards time and amount.

From Dawson Black: Retail Merchant by Whitehead, Harold