credit

[cred·it]

The word credit can have many meanings from giving someone the recognition they deserve, to providing goods or services for payment that comes at a later date.

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

Noun
used in the phrase `to your credit'' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise; "she already had several performances to her credit";

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

Noun
an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work

Noun
approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying"; "the credits were given at the end of the film"

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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

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Noun
arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services

Noun
money available for a client to borrow

Noun
an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items

Verb
have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of

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give someone credit for something; "We credited her for saving our jobs"

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give credit for; "She was not properly credited in the program"

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accounting: enter as credit; "We credit your account with $100"

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

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Reputation derived from the confidence of others; esteem; honor; good name; estimation.

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A ground of, or title to, belief or confidence; authority derived from character or reputation.

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That which tends to procure, or add to, reputation or esteem; an honor.

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Influence derived from the good opinion, confidence, or favor of others; interest.

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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.

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The time given for payment for lands or goods sold on trust; as, a long credit or a short credit.

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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.

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

v. t.
To bring honor or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.

v. t.
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.

Credit

Cred"it (kr?d"?t), n. [F. crdit (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 into them, nor received them.

2. Reputation derived from the confidence of others; esteem; honor; good name; estimation.

John Gilpin was a citizen Of credit and renown.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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, ∨ 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 fulfull 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.

Credit

Cred"it (kr?d"?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?

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.

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.

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

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

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Usage Examples

Credit or debit cards, for starters, are nothing short of shoppers' Novocain. Even in the age of digital purchases and virtual money, we still attach a special value to dirty paper with pictures of presidents on it. Handing some of that to a cashier simply hurts more than handing over a little sliver of plastic.

Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.

A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit.

From my first dunk at 14 years old to my second NCAA Championship at the University of Tennessee, my intense training with my dad was always to credit.

Failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done is a great weakness in any man.

Democrats can neither control nor predict whether our GOP counterparts are really ready to play chicken with the U.S. economy. But we can assure the American people that our party takes the nation's faith and credit seriously.

A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.

Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There ain't much credit in that.

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Other Usage Examples

Every year the Federal Government wastes billions of dollars as a result of overpayments of government agencies, misuse of government credit cards, abuse of the Federal entitlement programs, and the mismanagement of the Federal bureaucracy.

Elia Kazan understood my problems. He was able to bring out the very best in me. He gave me credit for my intelligence.

A system of capitalism presumes sound money, not fiat money manipulated by a central bank. Capitalism cherishes voluntary contracts and interest rates that are determined by savings, not credit creation by a central bank.

A lot of times you get credit for stuff in your movies you didn't intend to be there.

First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that.

All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation.

God expects from men something more than at such times, and that it were much to be wished for the credit of their religion as well as the satisfaction of their conscience that their Easter devotions would in some measure come up to their Easter dress.

Deciding whether to trust or credit a person is always an uncertain task.

A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.