The phrase "augment credit" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to finance, lending, or enhancing one's creditworthiness.
Example: "To improve your chances of loan approval, you may want to consider ways to augment credit, such as paying down existing debts."
Alternatives: "increase credit" or "boost credit."
A sudden unwinding in the carry trade creates a feedback loop that augments existing credit concerns and often results in negative but temporary movements in equity markets.
The original idea of estimating the risk of defaulting has been augmented by credit scoring models at other aspects of the credit risk management: at the pre-application stage (identification of potential applicants), at the application stage (identification of acceptable applicants), and at the performance stage (identification of possible behavior of current customers).
The establishment of branches of the Second Bank of the United States in Louisville and Lexington further augmented the availability of credit.
Althelia's first two investments aim to improve livelihoods for local residents and generate cash flows from "agroecology" products -- premium cacao in Peru and sustainable charcoal in Kenya -- to augment sales of carbon credits in the volatile voluntary markets.
The automaker ended 2008 with $13.4 billion in available cash, which it will augment by tapping into its credit lines for another $10.1 billion.
A disproportionate number of Black Friday shoppers have multiple credit cards, which augments their purchasing power.
Under this new arrangement, British Gas then took years of accumulated credit owed on accounts to augment its income.
By improving literacy, further campaigns to increase health knowledge, husbandry skills, income-generating projects and credit schemes will also be augmented.
Democrats credit the 1993 deficit reduction plan, augmented by the 1997 bipartisan balanced budget act, further moves to tear down trade barriers and the updating of legislation governing key industries like telecommunications and financial services.
Instead of regulating these sectors properly, taxpayers' money has been used to augment inadequate pay in the form of tax credits to low-paid UK and EU workers – introduced by Labour – subsidising profitable businesses with corporate welfare.
