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credit line

credit line noun: a line of printed text attached to written material, an image, illustration, or the like, which identifies the author, photographer, or other source.

Noun

credit line (plural credit lines)

  1. A line of printed text attached to written material, an image, illustration, or the like, which identifies the author, photographer, or other source.
    • Diagrams for ten systems not listed in the table are given, mostly without any credit line or reference in the text or in the legend.1963, Earl Ingerson, "Geological Processes," (Review of Physical Geochemistry by F. Gordon Smith), Science, New Series, vol. 141, no. 3576, p. 146
  2. Synonym of line of credit.
    Synonyms:
    line of credit

Synonyms of credit line

Forms of credit line

pluralcredit lines

Questions about credit line

What does credit line mean?
Credit line means a line of printed text attached to written material, an image, illustration, or the like, which identifies the author, photographer, or other source.
What part of speech is credit line?
Credit line is a noun.
What is the plural of credit line?
The plural of credit line is credit lines.

Words near credit line in the dictionary

  1. credit institution
  2. credit institutions
  3. credit life insurance
  4. credit limit
  5. credit limits
  6. credit line
  7. credit lines
  8. credit management
  9. credit manager
  10. credit money
  11. credit moneys

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