Definition of credit control - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

accounts receivable

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company policy for giving customers delayed payment and collecting owed money

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Good credit control helped the firm reduce bad debts from late-paying clients.

macroeconomic policy

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system of rules used by a government to limit borrowing in an economy

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The central bank tightened credit control to slow rising prices.

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credit squeeze

business

control of credit as economic policy

Examples of credit control in a sentence

Their updated software tightened credit control across all regional branches.
International lenders urged the government to relax credit control to stimulate growth.
Strict credit control was introduced to curb excessive consumer borrowing.

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French:gestion du crédit, réglementation du crédit, ...
German:Kreditmanagement, Kreditbeschränkungen, ...
Italian:controllo del credito, politica di controllo del credito, ...
Spanish:control de crédito, control del endeudamiento, ...
Portuguese:controlo de crédito, controlo do crédito, ...
Chinese:信用控制, 信贷管制, ...
Japanese:与信管理, 与信規制, ...
Arabic:رَقَابَة الائْتِمَان, ضَبط الاِئتِمان, ...
Hebrew:בְּקָרַת אַשְׁרַאי, פִּקּוּחַ אַשְׁרַאי, ...
Russian:кредитный контроль, кредитное регулирование, ...
Ukrainian:кредитний контроль, регулювання кредиту, ...
Hindi:ऋण नियंत्रण, उधार नियंत्रण, ...
Bengali:ক্রেডিট নিয়ন্ত্রণ, ঋণ সরবরাহ নিয়ন্ত্রণ, ...
Catalan:control de crèdit, control del crèdit, ...
Czech:řízení pohledávek, úvěrová regulace, ...
Danish:kreditstyring, kreditkontrol, ...
Dutch:debiteurenbeheer, kredietbeheersing, ...
Greek:διαχείριση πιστώσεων, πιστωτικός έλεγχος, ...
Hungarian:hitelkontroll, hitelkorlátozás, ...
Khmer:ការគ្រប់គ្រងឥណទាន, ...
Korean:신용 관리, 신용 통제, ...
Persian:کنترل اعتبار, کنترل اعتباری, ...
Polish:kontrola kredytowa, kontrola kredytu, ...
Portuguese (BR):controle de crédito, política de controle de crédito, ...
Romanian:controlul creditului, restricționarea creditului, ...
Swedish:kreditkontroll, kreditrestriktioner, ...
Thai:การควบคุมสินเชื่อ, นโยบายควบคุมสินเชื่อ, ...
Turkish:alacak yönetimi, kredi denetimi, ...
Vietnamese:kiểm soát tín dụng, chính sách kiểm soát tín dụng, ...

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