Lexic.us

Definition of Credit

1. Verb. Give someone credit for something. "We credited her for saving our jobs"

2. Noun. Approval. "Give her credit for trying"

3. Verb. Ascribe an achievement to. "She was not properly credited in the program"

4. Noun. Money available for a client to borrow.

5. Verb. Accounting: enter as credit. "We credit your account with $100"

6. Noun. An accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items.

7. Verb. Have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of.

8. Noun. Used in the phrase 'to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise. "She already had several performances to her credit"

9. Noun. Arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services.

10. Noun. Recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours.

11. Noun. A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage. "The article includes mention of similar clinical cases"

12. Noun. An entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work. "The credits were given at the end of the film"

13. Noun. An estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments.

Definition of Credit

1. n. Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence.

2. v. t. To confide in the truth of; to give credence to; to put trust in; to believe.

Definition of Credit

1. Verb. (transitive) To believe. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive accounting) To add to an account (confer debit.) ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To acknowledge a contribution. ¹

4. Noun. Recognition and respect. ¹

5. Noun. Acknowledgement of a contribution, especially in the performing arts. ¹

6. Noun. (usually plural) A written title shown with a film or video. ¹

7. Noun. (uncountable legal business) A privilege of delayed payment extended to a buyer or borrower on the seller's or lender's belief that what is given will be repaid. ¹

8. Noun. (uncountable US) A person's credit rating or creditworthiness, as represented by their history of borrowing and repayment (or non payment). ¹

9. Noun. (accounting) An addition to certain accounts. ¹

10. Noun. (context: tax accounting) A reduction in taxes owed, or a refund for excess taxes paid. ¹

11. Noun. A source of value, distinction or honour. ¹

12. Noun. An arbitrary unit of value, used in many token economies. ¹

13. Noun. Recognition for having taken a course (class). ¹

14. Noun. A (w course credit), a credit hour – used as measure if enough courses have been taken for graduation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Credit

1. to accept as true [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Credit

credentialism credentialisms credentialization credentialled credentialling credentials credenza credenzas credibilities credibility

credibility gap credibility gaps credible credibleness credibly credit (current term) credit-deposit ratio credit-worthy credit account credit analyst

credit application credit bureau credit card credit card tart credit cards credit crunch credit crunches credit default option credit default options credit default swap

Literary usage of Credit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery in the by Francis Vesey, Great Britain Court of Chancery, John Beames (1818)
"who has been examined in the Cause (1). The Court, to sustain its general Rules, requires, that the Examination should be only to the credit of the ..."

2. Bulletin by United States (1918)
"SCHOOL credit FOB STORE EXPERIENCE. In mapping out the retail selling course ... The school in turn must allow credit toward graduation for store work under ..."

3. Rural Credits, Land and Cooperative by Myron Timothy Herrick, R. Ingalls (1914)
"Forms of credit.—Agricultural credit in the United States. ... IN a financial sense, credit is that confidence reposed in a person, which enables him to ..."

4. The Contemporary Review (1875)
"In another place, he says— " An effect of this latter character naturally attends some extensions of credit ; esj ecially when taking place in the form of ..."

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