credit bureau

/ˌkrɛdət ˌbjuroʊ/
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Other forms: credit bureaus

Definitions of credit bureau
  1. noun
    a private firm that maintains consumer credit data files and provides credit information to authorized users for a fee
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    type of:
    agency
    a business that provides a specialized service
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