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credit system

credit system

4.7
A government system that gives people a score based on their behaviour that affects their access to services
  • noun
  • /ˈkrɛdɪt ˈsɪstəm/
  • Literature
translation icon : sistema de puntuación
  • So in the vest, the reaction to the Chinese social credit system is usually one of yeah, no, no, we don't want that.

And it's it's a choice to take back our freedom and stop these from putting us into a digital enslavement, our social credit system.

Examples

  • In many countries, the credit system is used to evaluate citizens' behavior and trustworthiness.

  • When will he finally accept that the Universal Credit system is broken, is damaging, it's dangerous to people's living standards and it should go.

  • This conclusion offers an interesting contrast to the analysis of colonist failure by Collins that places primary blame on the government's credit system in encouraging inappropriate crop choices (Collins 1986).

    Academic text (1994)

  • The new credit system will help improve access to services for low-income families.

  • The government's credit system plays a significant role in determining who qualifies for housing assistance.

Synonyms

rating system
vscredit system
15 3.3

A way to put people or things into levels by how good they are

is applied by authorities to influence access to services and opportunities
scoring system
vscredit system
4 2.8

A set of rules for giving points that show how good something is

is a social or government framework using such points to control access

How Controlling

credit system
  • Literature
4.7
ORM
  • Jargon
8.8

Surface Forms

credit system singular
credit systems plural

Morphology

credit + system

The phrase is compositionally built from 'credit' (a financial or trust-related token) and 'system' (a formal set of rules), so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a system relating to credit. However, the specific sense given here — a governmental, behaviour-based non-monetary scoring scheme (‘social credit’) — relies on a particular extension of 'credit' and is not fully predictable from the constituents, making the expression only partially transparent.

Etymology

Credit system is also used for a modern scheme that gives people a public number for their behaviour, using credit as 'trust' to make a 'trust score'. That's why this kind of credit system can change who gets services or opportunities.