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credit Definition

credit (kred′it)

noun

  1. belief or trust; confidence; faith
  2. Rare the quality of being credible or trustworthy
    1. the favorable estimate of a person's character; reputation; good name
    2. one's influence based on one's reputation
  4. praise or approval to which one is entitled; commendation to deserve credit for trying
  5. a person or thing bringing approval or honor a credit to the team
    1. acknowledgment of work done or assistance given
    2. a list of such acknowledgments in a film, television program, book, etc.
    1. the amount of money remaining in a bank account, etc.
    2. a sum of money made available by a bank, on which a specified person or firm may draw
    3. such sums collectively
  8. Accounting
    1. the acknowledgment of payment on a debt by entry of the amount in an account
    2. the right-hand side of an account, where such amounts are entered
    3. an entry on this side
    4. the sum of such entries
    5. sum deducted (from an amount owed) or added (as to a bank account) in making an adjustment
  9. Business
    1. trust in one's integrity in money matters and one's ability to meet payments when due
    2. one's financial reputation or status
    3. the time allowed for payment
    4. permission to pay later for goods or services, or a system for doing so a store that extends credit to its best customers
  10. ☆ Educ.
    1. the certification of a student's successful completion of a unit or course of study
    2. a unit of work so certified

Etymology: Fr crédit < It credito < L creditus, pp. of credere: see creed

transitive verb

  1. to believe in the truth, reliability, etc. of; trust
  2. to give credit to or deserved commendation for
  3. to give credit in a bank account, charge account, etc.
  4. Rare to bring honor to
  5. Accounting to enter on the credit side
  6. ☆ Educ. to enter a credit or credits on the record of (a student)
credit Idioms

credit someone with

to believe that someone has or is responsible for; ascribe to someone

do credit to

to bring approval or honor to

give credit to

  1. to have confidence or trust in; believe
  2. to commend

give one credit for

  1. to commend one for
  2. to believe or recognize that one has

on credit

with the agreement that payment will be made at a future date

to one's credit

bringing approval or honor to one
credit Synonyms

credit

n.

  1. Belief

    credence, reliance, confidence, trust; see faith 1.

  2. Unencumbered funds

    assets, stocks, bonds, paper credit, account, bank account, balance, mortgages, liens, securities, debentures, capital outlay, surplus cash; see also balance 3, wealth 1.

  3. Recognition

    acknowledgment, commendation, prestige, repute; see honor 1, praise 1, reputation 1, 2.

  4. Permission to defer payment

    extension, respite, continuance, trust in future payment, accounts carried on the books, borrowing power, line of credit; see also loan.

do credit to

bring approval to, do honor to, redound to the honor of, reflect well on; see promote 2.

give credit to

believe in, rely on, have confidence in; see believe 1, trust 1.

give one credit for

commend, acknowledge, recognize; see admit 3, praise 1.

on credit

on a charge, by deferred payment, on loan; see charged 1, unpaid 1.

to one's credit

commendable, honorable, beneficial; see worthwhile.

credit Synonyms

credit

v.

  1. To believe

    trust, have faith in, rely on; see believe 1, trust 1.

  2. Accounting term

    put on the books, charge to an account, place to the credit of, accredit to, give credit to, extend credit to, place to one's account, defer payments; see also charge 2.

  3. To attribute

    give credit, ascribe, recognize; see attribute. See syn. study at attribute.

credit Finance Definition
Any money lent through bonds or loans, for any of a variety of purposes. Credit must be paid back or the borrower risks defaulting.
credit Law Definition

n

Approval; deference; respect. See also full faith and credit.

n

Belief; faith; trust.

n

The ability to borrow money, the amount made available as a loan, or the ability to purchase goods and services without immediate payment, based on the creditor’s faith in one’s ability and intention to repay the loan or to pay for the goods and services in the future.

n

A reduction in an amount owed or an addition to one’s net worth or revenue.

v

A form of security offered to a seller that provides for payment by a bank or financial institution upon certain conditions being met, including delivery of goods within specified time and whatever other conditions are applicable to the transaction. See also letter of credit.
credit Usage Examples

Possessives

  • jockey: Your Disk Jockey Acts As A Wedding Event Planner Give disk jockey's credit.

Converse of object

  • deserve: The printer deserves more credit than some of the contributors in terms of engagement with modern technology.
  • accumulate: They can also accumulate credit - in terms of computer memory - to build rooms and objects within the MUD.
  • earn: This allows you to earn credits toward a Certificate in Continuing Studies.
  • obtain: It is aimed at tracing fraudsters who use different combinations of information to obtain credit dishonestly.
  • refuse: So if you've been refused car credit for any of these reasons... Direct Auto Finance are waiting to say YES!
  • claim: Employers should also be encouraged to claim credit for all productivity improvements.

Adjective modifier

  • bad: Realize a honest bad credit ameriquest loan interest rate information, that you want to deal with, and hang around with them.

Modifies a noun

  • card: A guide to the best credit cards for you.
  • loan: Try not to take out bank or credit agency loans to avoid debt early on in the business's life.
  • rating: The Postgraduate Diploma in Guidance has a credit rating of 120 ' M ' level points.
  • union: Credit unions are governed by various legislation, most notably the Credit Unions Act 1979.
  • mortgage: I want to say more the chance of getting a pre-approval advance no equity bad credit mortgage fast cash on the net.
  • history: Need a Credit Card to rebuild your credit history?

Noun used with modifier

  • tax: Tax credits are normally paid into a bank or building society account, or a Post Office card account.
  • consumer: He can also question fitness to hold a consumer credit license.
  • pension: This includes help with pension credit, attendance allowance and other disability related allowances.
  • export: It should certainly make it easier for GKN Westland to meet their export credit financing needs.
  • landfill: The project is funded by landfill tax credits from Shanks First.
  • carbon: The report recommends accruing carbon credits by manufacturing energy saving glass products, reducing carbon emissions.
credit Quotes

[Alexander Hamilton] smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprang upon its feet.

—Webster, Daniel

To have one's credit cards cancelled is nowakin to being excommunicated by the medieval church.

—Anonymous

In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs.

—Darwin, Sir Francis

And besides, Mrs Forthby in the flesh was a different kettle of fish to Mrs Forthby in his fantasies. In the latter she had a multitude of perverse inclinations, which corresponded exactly with his own unfortunate requirements, while possessing a discretion that would have done credit to aTrappist nun. In the flesh she was disappointingly different.

—Sharpe,Tom (Thomas Ridley)

The middle-management of Manhattan stared on, their faces as thin as credit cards.

—Amis, Martin Louis

Are you at ease now? Is your heart at rest? Now you have got a shadow, an umbrella To keep the scorching world's opinion From your fair credit. 328

—Fo, Dario

I don't believe I'll ever get credit for anything I do in foreign affairs, no matter how successful it is, because I didn't go to Harvard.

—Johnson, Lyndon B(aines) also called LBJ

   People in Parliament occupy themselves with private animosities and petty quarrels, and think little of the national interest. It is impossible to credit the serene indifference with which they consider events outside their own country.

—William III also called  William of Orange

Anything you make a mistake about, I will get you out of, and anything you do well I will take the credit for.

—Bevin, Ernest

They were always†getting more credit than they deserved, more sorrow than they could bear, climbing into jobs before they were ready and failing just when they were succeeding.

—Reston,James B(arrett)

'Tis true, I'm broke! Vows, oaths, and all I had Of credit lost. And I am now run mad, Or do upon my self some desperate ill; This sadness makes no approaches, but to kill.

—Jonson, Ben

Keep away from physicians. It is all probing and guessing and pretending tothem.They leave itto Natureto cure in her own time, but they take the credit. Aswell as very fat fees.

—Wilson

If, with the literate, I am Impelled to try an epigram, I never seek to take the credit; We all assume that Oscar said it.

—Parker, Dorothy ne¤  e Rothschild

It gave me a great notion of the credit of our present government and administration, to find people press as eagerly to pay moneyas they would to receive it; and, at the same time, a due respect for that body of men who have found out so pleasing an expedient for carrying on the common cause, that they have turned a tax into a diversion.

—Stein, Gertrude

   Criticssearchforagesfor thewrong word, which, togive them credit, they eventually find.

—Ustinov, Sir PeterAlexander

Keep up appearances; there lies the test; The world will give thee credit for the rest. Outward be fair, however foul within; Sin if thou wilt, but then in secret sin.

—Churchill, Charles