credit control
Definition
Policies aimed at serving the dual purpose of (1) increasing sales revenue by extending credit to customers who are deemed a good credit risk, and (2) minimizing risk of loss from bad debts by restricting or denying credit to customers who are not a good credit risk. Effectiveness of credit control lies in procedures employed for judging a prospect's creditworthiness, rather than in procedures used in extracting the owed money. Also called credit management.
credit control is in the Accounting & Auditing, Banking, Commerce & Finance and Entrepreneurship, Management, & Leadership subjects.
credit control appears in the definitions of the following terms: chief financial officer (CFO), theory of rational expectations (TRE) and credit management
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