credit (ˈkrɛdɪt
)
Definitions
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) ⇒
credit entries
Compare debit (sense 1)
- 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
- See letter of credit
- See on credit
verb
(tr)- (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 (sense 2)
- to award a credit to (a student)
See also
creditsAlternative Forms
ˈcreditless adjectiveWord Origin
C16: from Old French crédit, from Italian credito, from Latin crēditum loan, from crēdere to believeSynonyms
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praise,
honour,
recognition,
glory,
thanks,
approval,
fame,
tribute,
merit,
acclaim,
acknowledgment,
kudos,
commendation,
Brownie points,
Quotations
"credit where credit is due"
Translations
- British English:
credit
Credit is a system where you pay for goods or services several weeks or months after you have received them.You can pay for this sofa on credit.ˈkrɛdɪt NOUN You can pay for this sofa on credit.
- Spanish:
crédito
nm
- French:
crédit
nm
- German:
Kredit
nm
- Chinese: 贷款 n
- Arabic: اِئْتِمَان n
- Portuguese: crédito nm
- Russian: доверие nnt
- Croatian: kredit nm
- Czech: úvěr nm
- Danish: kredit nutr
- Dutch: krediet nnt
- Finnish: luotto n
- Greek: πίστωση nf
- Italian: credito nm
- Japanese: 信用販売 n
- Korean: 신용 n
- Norwegian: kreditt nm
- Polish: kredyt nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: crédito nm
- European Spanish:
crédito
nm
- Swedish: kredit nutr
- Thai: การซื้อเชื่อ n
- Turkish: kredi n
- Vietnamese: tín dụng n
Usage examples
At least in the meantime, they could keep track of her through ATM withdrawals and credit card transactions.
, AFTERMATH (2001)This records a user's keyboard strokes and could be used to harvest passwords and credit card information.
New Scientist (2004)Following the withdrawal of export credit insurance cover in 1989, Mr Goodman's companies sued the State.
Irish Times (2002)For this reason alone Saturday's teams should be given credit rather than the downbeat tone of your article.
Glasgow Herald (2001)De Niro and Tribeca received credit , but had nothing to do with the production.
, DE NIRO: A Biography (2002)