Trade Credit

Summary of Trade Credit

Credit granted by nonfinancial firms, usually in the form of short-term deferral of payment of invoices by customers, e.g., account open sales. Also, trade credit represents the purchase of a firm’s accounts receivable or trade acceptances.

(Main Author: William J. Miller)

Hierarchical Display of Trade credit

Finance > Financial institutions and credit > Credit
Trade > Marketing > Commercial transaction > Purchase > Credit purchase
Trade > Marketing > Commercial transaction > Sale > Credit sale
Trade > Marketing > Commercial transaction > Hire purchase
Finance > Financial institutions and credit > Financial institution > Bank > Commercial bank

Trade credit

Concept of Trade credit

See the dictionary definition of Trade credit.

Characteristics of Trade credit

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Resources

Translation of Trade credit

• Spanish: Crédito comercial
• French: Crédit commercial
• German: Handelskredit
• Italian: Credito commerciale
• Portuguese: Crédito comercial
• Polish: Kredyt handlowy

Thesaurus of Trade credit

Finance > Financial institutions and credit > Credit > Trade credit
Trade > Marketing > Commercial transaction > Purchase > Credit purchase > Trade credit
Trade > Marketing > Commercial transaction > Sale > Credit sale > Trade credit
Trade > Marketing > Commercial transaction > Hire purchase > Trade credit
Finance > Financial institutions and credit > Financial institution > Bank > Commercial bank > Trade credit

See also

• Credit purchase
• Credit sale
• Hire purchase
• Commercial bank

• Commercial credit