apertura di credito

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “opening of credit”.

Noun

apertura di credito f (plural aperture di credito)

1. (banking) opening of credit
2. (figurative, by extension) benefit of the doubt
   • 2020, Barack Obama, translated by Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, and Giuseppe Maugeri, Una terra promessa, Garzanti Libri:

     E ora, trovarsi improvvisamente in lotta serrata con un uomo più giovane di quattordici anni che non aveva dovuto fare la sua stessa gavetta, che non portava addosso le stesse cicatrici di guerra e che sembrava godere di ogni possibile apertura di credito?

     And now, to find herself suddenly in a close contest with a man fourteen years younger, who hadn't had to pay the same dues, who didn't carry the same battle scars, and who seemed to be getting every break and every benefit of the doubt?

     (literally, “And now, to find herself suddenly in a tight race with a man fourteen years younger, who did not have to pay her same dues, who did not carry the same battle scars and who seemed to enjoy every possible benefit of the doubt?”)