DEFINITION of 'Bad Credit'. A qualification of an individual's credit history that indicates that a borrower carries a higher credit risk. A low credit score indicates bad credit, while a high credit score is an indicator of good credit. Creditors who have lent money to an individual with bad credit face a higher risk of that individual missing payments or defaulting. Next Up.
HOW ABOUT NO. Best Answer. The word pencil comes from the Latin word penicillus, which means little tail - the name of the tiny brush that ancient Romans used as a writing instrument. Best Answer.
Consequently, it was called plumbago (Latin for lead ore). Because the pencil core is still referred to as lead, or a lead, many people have the misconception that the graphite in the pencil is lead, and the black core of pencils is still referred to as lead, even though it never contained the element lead.