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Glossary of Terms
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Account Condition
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Account number
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Accounts in Good Standing
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Adjustment
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Annual fee
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Annual percentage rate (APR)
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Authorized User
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Balloon Payments
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Bankruptcy Code
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Capacity
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Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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Chapter 12 Bankruptcy
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Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
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Charge-Off
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Civil Action
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Claim Amount
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Closed Date
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Co-maker
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Consumer Credit Counseling Service
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Co-signer
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Credit Limit/Line of Credit
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Credit Items
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Credit Report
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Credit Scoring
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Creditworthiness
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Date Filed
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Date of Status
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Date Opened
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Date Resolved
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Delinquent
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Discharge
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Disclosure
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Dismissed
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Dispute
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ECOA
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End-user
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Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA)
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Equifax
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Experian
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Fair Credit and Charge Card Disclosure Act
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Fair Credit Billing Act
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Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
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Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)
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Finance Charge
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Fixed Rate
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Generation Identifier
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Geographical Code
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Grace Period
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Guarantor
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High Balance
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Installment Credit
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Investigation
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Investigative Consumer Reports
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Involuntary Bankruptcy
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Item-specific Statement
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Judgment Granted
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Last Reported
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Liability amount
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Lien
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Line of Credit
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Location Number
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Mortgage Identification Number (MIN)
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Most Recent Date
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Notice of Results
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Obsolescence
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Opt In
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Opt Out
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Original Amount
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Payment Status
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Permissible Purposes
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Personal Information
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Personal Statement
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Petition
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Plaintiff
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Potentially Negative Items
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Public Record Data
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Recent Balance
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Recent Payment
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Released
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Report Number
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Reported Since
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Repossession
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Request an Investigation
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Request for Your Credit History
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Responsibility
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Revolving Account
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Risk Scoring Models
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Satisfied
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Secured Credit
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Security
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Service Credit
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Settle
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Source
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Status
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Terms
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Third-Party Collectors
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Tradeline
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Transaction fees
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TransUnion
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Truth in Lending Act
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Type
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Unsecured Credit
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Vacated
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Variable Rate
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Verification
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Victim Statement
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Voluntary Bankruptcy
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Wage assignment
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Withdrawn
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Writ of Replevin
