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Credit

Credit Meaning & Definition
Credit Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Credit?

[n] educational recognition that a course of studies has been successfully completed
[n] used in the phrase"to your credit" to indicate an achievement deserving praise; "she already had several performances to her credit"
[n] an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work
[n] approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "it is to her credit that she tried"; "the credits were given at the end of the film"
[n] a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"
[n] arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services
[n] money available for a client to borrow
[n] an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
[v] have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of
[v] give someone credit for something; "We credited her for saving our jobs"
[v] give credit for; "I credit you with saving his life"
[v] enter as credit, in accounting

Synonyms | Synonyms for Credit: accredit | acknowledgment | citation | course credit | credit entry | deferred payment | mention | quotation | recognition | reference

Related Terms | Find terms related to Credit: accept | accept for gospel | accept implicitly | acceptability | acceptation | acception | acclaim | account | account for | accounting for | accredit | accredit with | accrete to | acknowledge | acknowledgment | acquiescence | answerability | application | apply to | approbation | approval | arrogation | ascendancy | ascribe | ascribe to | ascription | assign | assign to | assignation | assignment | assurance | assuredness | attach to | attachment | attribute | attribute to | attribution | authority | avails | balance | balance the books | be certain | belief | believability | believableness | believe | believe without reservation | benediction | blame | blame for | blame on | bless | book | box office | bring home to | buy | capitalize | carry | carry over | cast up accounts | certainty | charge | charge off | charge on | charge to | charisma | charm | close out | close the books | clout | cognizance | commendation | commissions | conceivability | confess | confidence | connect with | connection with | consequence | consider | consideration | control | credence | credibility | credit with | crediting | credits | credulity | debit | deem | deficit | depend on | dependability | dependence | derivation from | difference | discrepancy | disposable income | distinction | dividend | dividends | docket | dominance | domination | double entry | due | earned income | earnings | effect | eminence | enchantment | enter | entry | epact | esteem | estimation | etiology | faith | faithfulness | fasten upon | father upon | favor | feel | fix on | fix upon | force | gains | gate | gate receipts | get | give credit | give faith to | give thanks | glory | good feeling | grace | great honor | gross | gross income | gross receipts | hang on | hold | honesty | honor | hope | hymn | importance | imputation | impute | impute to | incidental power | income | influence | influentiality | insinuation | intake | item | journalize | keep books | lay | lay to | leadership | leverage | log | magnetism | make | make acknowledgments of | make an entry | mastery | merit | minute | moment | net | net income | net receipts | notation | note | offer thanks | ornament | output | paean | palaetiology | personality | persuasion | pin on | pinpoint | place upon | placement | plausibility | point to | post | post up | potency | power | praise | prayer of thanks | predominance | preponderance | pressure | prestige | probity | proceeds | produce | profits | purchase | put faith in | receipt | receipts | receivables | receive | reception | recognition | recognize | refer | refer to | reference to | regard | reign | reliability | reliance | reliance on | rely on | remainder | render credit | render thanks | repute | respect | responsibility | return thanks | returns | revenue | right | royalties | rule | saddle on | saddle with | saddling | say | sense | set down to | set store by | settle upon | single entry | solvency | stock | store | strike a balance | suasion | subtle influence | suggestion | supremacy | sureness | surety | surplus | suspension of disbelief | swallow | sway | take | take for granted | take on faith | take on trust | take stock in | take-in | takings | tenability | thank | thank offering | thanks | thanksgiving | thank-you | think | tribute | trust | trustworthiness | unearned income | upper hand | weight | what is owing | whip hand | worth | yield

See Also | accomplishment | account | achievement | annotation | approval | ascribe | assets | assign | attainment | attribute | balance | bank | bank line | believe | calculate | cheap money | commemoration | commendation | commercial credit | credit line | cross-index | cross-reference | entry | export credit | film | finance | flick | import credit | impute | ledger entry | letter of credit | line | line of credit | memorial | motion picture | movie | moving picture | notation | note | ovation | payment | personal credit line | personal line of credit | photo credit | pic | picture | picture show | rely | remembrance | repute | salutation | salute | semester hour | standing ovation | swear | title | trust

Credit In Webster's Dictionary

\Cred"it\ (kr[e^]d"[i^]t), n. [F. cr['e]dit (cf. It. credito), L. creditum loan, prop. neut. of creditus, p. p. of credere to trust, loan, believe. See {Creed}.] 1. Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence. When Jonathan and the people heard these words they gave no credit unto them, nor received them. --1 Macc. x. 46. 2. Reputation derived from the confidence of others; esteem; honor; good name; estimation. John Gilpin was a citizen Of credit and renown. --Cowper. 3. A ground of, or title to, belief or confidence; authority derived from character or reputation. The things which we properly believe, be only such as are received on the credit of divine testimony. --Hooker. 4. That which tends to procure, or add to, reputation or esteem; an honor. I published, because I was told I might please such as it was a credit to please. --Pope. 5. Influence derived from the good opinion, confidence, or favor of others; interest. Having credit enough with his master to provide for his own interest. --Clarendon. 6. (Com.) Trust given or received; expectation of future playment for property transferred, or of fulfillment or promises given; mercantile reputation entitling one to be trusted; -- applied to individuals, corporations, communities, or nations; as, to buy goods on credit. Credit is nothing but the expectation of money, within some limited time. --Locke. 7. The time given for payment for lands or goods sold on trust; as, a long credit or a short credit. 8. (Bookkeeping) The side of an account on which are entered all items reckoned as values received from the party or the category named at the head of the account; also, any one, or the sum, of these items; -- the opposite of {debit}; as, this sum is carried to one's credit, and that to his debit; A has several credits on the books of B. {Bank credit}, or {Cash credit}. See under {Cash}. {Bill of credit}. See under {Bill}. {Letter of credit}, a letter or notification addressed by a banker to his correspondent, informing him that the person named therein is entitled to draw a certain sum of money; when addressed to several different correspondents, or when the money can be drawn in fractional sums in several different places, it is called a {circular letter of credit}. {Public credit}. (a) The reputation of, or general confidence in, the ability or readiness of a government to fulfill its pecuniary engagements. (b) The ability and fidelity of merchants or others who owe largely in a community. He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet. --D. Webster.
\Cred"it\ (kr[e^]d"[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Credited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Crediting}.] 1. To confide in the truth of; to give credence to; to put trust in; to believe. How shall they credit A poor unlearned virgin? --Shak. 2. To bring honor or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of. You credit the church as much by your government as you did the school formerly by your wit. --South. 3. (Bookkeeping) To enter upon the credit side of an account; to give credit for; as, to credit the amount paid; to set to the credit of; as, to credit a man with the interest paid on a bond. {To credit with}, to give credit for; to assign as justly due to any one. Crove, Helmholtz, and Meyer, are more than any others to be credited with the clear enunciation of this doctrine. --Newman.

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