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soft inquiry

soft inquiry noun: a record of an entity's review of a consumer's credit report that is initiated either by the consumer themsleves or an existing creditor, that is not associated with a formal application and does not impact the consumer's credit score.

Noun

soft inquiry (plural soft inquiries)

  1. A record of an entity's review of a consumer's credit report that is initiated either by the consumer themsleves or an existing creditor, that is not associated with a formal application and does not impact the consumer's credit score.
    Synonyms:
    soft pull
    Antonyms:
    hard inquiry

Synonyms of soft inquiry

Antonyms

Forms of soft inquiry

pluralsoft inquiries

Questions about soft inquiry

What does soft inquiry mean?
Soft inquiry means a record of an entity's review of a consumer's credit report that is initiated either by the consumer themsleves or an existing creditor, that is not associated with a formal application and does not impact the consumer's credit score.
What part of speech is soft inquiry?
Soft inquiry is a noun.
What is the plural of soft inquiry?
The plural of soft inquiry is soft inquiries.

Words near soft inquiry in the dictionary

  1. soft hands
  2. soft hyphen
  3. soft hyphens
  4. soft in the head
  5. soft inquiries
  6. soft inquiry
  7. soft jade
  8. soft jades
  9. soft key
  10. soft keys
  11. soft kill

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