FICO (Fair Isaac)

  

See: FICO Score. Not Fido score. He flunked dog school and is now living happily "on a farm."

Also, see: Credit Score. See: Credit Rating.

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credit limit. So yeah it's that thing that keeps toddler Joey from ordering

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