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credit
[kred-it]
noun
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc..
The charity deserves credit for helping many poor families make ends meet during the recession.
a source of pride or honor.
You are a credit to your school.
the ascription or acknowledgment of something as due or properly attributable to a person, institution, etc..
He got credit for research actually done by his colleague.
It is always best to give credit where credit’s due.
Usually credits
acknowledgment of a person’s contribution to the making of a movie or television program, typically displayed in a list that scrolls down the screen at the beginning or end.
She got screen credits for photography.
a similar acknowledgment in a publication.
The paper’s policy is to list credits for theater productions at the end of reviews.
trustworthiness; credibility.
a witness of credit.
influence or authority resulting from the confidence of others or from one's reputation.
favorable repute; reputation; esteem.
Finance.
reputation of solvency and honesty, entitling a person or business to be trusted in buying or borrowing.
Your credit is good.
an agreement to entrust a buyer with goods or services without immediate payment, based on confidence in the buyer’s ability and intention to pay.
She bought the air conditioner on credit with no money down.
the time allowed for payment of goods or services obtained on trust.
90 days' credit.
an amount of money that a financial institution lends or makes available to a client, to be repaid typically in monthly installments including interest.
The bank extended the couple credit to finance the remodeling of their home.
a sum of money due to a person; anything valuable standing on the credit side of an account against which a person may draw.
He has a store credit of $50.
Education.
official acceptance and recording of the work completed by a student in a particular course of study.
one unit of academic credit; a credit hour.
Bookkeeping.
an entry of payment or value received on an account.
the right-hand side of an account on which such entries are made (debit ).
an entry, or the total shown, on the credit side.
verb (used with object)
to believe; put confidence in; have faith in; trust.
to bring honor, esteem, etc., to; reflect well upon.
Bookkeeping.to enter upon the credit side of an account; give credit for or to.
Education.to award educational credits to (often followed bywith ).
They credited me with three hours in history.
verb phrase
to ascribe to a (thing, person, etc.).
In former times many herbs were credited with healing powers.
credit
/ ˈɛɪ /
noun
commendation or approval, as for an act or quality
she was given credit for her work
a person or thing serving as a source of good influence, repute, ability, etc
a credit to the team
the quality of being believable or trustworthy
that statement had credit
influence or reputation coming from the approval or good opinion of others
he acquired credit within the community
belief in the truth, reliability, quality, etc, of someone or something
I would give credit to that philosophy
a sum of money or equivalent purchasing power, as at a shop, available for a person's use
the positive balance in a person's bank account
the sum of money that a bank makes available to a client in excess of any deposit
the practice of permitting a buyer to receive goods or services before payment
the time permitted for paying for such goods or services
reputation for solvency and commercial or financial probity, inducing confidence among creditors
accounting
acknowledgment of an income, liability, or capital item by entry on the right-hand side of an account
the right-hand side of an account
an entry on this side
the total of such entries
( as modifier ) Compare debit
credit entries
short for tax credit
education
a distinction awarded to an examination candidate obtaining good marks
a section of an examination syllabus satisfactorily completed, as in higher and professional education
an order authorizing a named person to draw money from correspondents of the issuer
with payment to be made at a future date
verb
(foll by with) to ascribe (to); give credit (for)
they credited him with the discovery
to accept as true; believe
to do credit to
accounting
to enter (an item) as a credit in an account
to acknowledge (a payer) by making such an entry Compare debit
to award a credit to (a student)
Other 51Թ Forms
- creditless adjective
- overcredit verb
- precredit verb (used with object)
- supercredit noun
- uncredited adjective
- well-credited adjective
- ˈ徱ٱ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of credit1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of credit1
Idioms and Phrases
do someone credit, to be a source of honor or distinction for someone. Also do credit to someone.
to one's credit, deserving of praise or recognition; admirable.
It is to his credit that he freely admitted his guilt.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Mr Gibson credited Tayside fire and rescue's blue response team for saving their lives and praised the call handler's response as "spectacular".
"To hold them out at half-time, credit to the lads for putting their heads in where you wouldn't put a shovel, the mental lift that gave us was huge," he admitted.
Dear Liz: I have too many credit cards that I opened to get frequent flier points.
Song resists the urge to follow a formula, forging questions about love and romance that can’t all be answered by the time the credits roll.
A former senior minister also credited the PM's political positioning towards the White House.
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When To Use
The term credit has several financial meanings, but all of them are based on the confidence and trust that lenders or vendors have in an individual’s ability to pay in a timely fashion. (Credit is ultimately derived from Latin ŧ “to believe, entrust, give credit.”)Credit can involve entrusting a buyer with goods or services without requiring immediate payment. Credit can also involve a transaction in which a lender provides financing to a borrower in return for future monthly repayments, usually including interest.And if a person has a reputation for financial solvency and honesty, we can say that he or she has good credit.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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