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cred·it [ kréddit ]


noun  (plural cred·its)
Definition:
 
1. recognition: praise or recognition for something done

2. source of pride: a source of pride or honor

3. good reputation: somebody's good reputation among or influence with other people
She has a lot of credit with this community.

4. pay-later system: an arrangement by which a buyer can take possession of something now and pay for it later or over time
offer credit
buy on credit

5. time to pay: the time allowed for payment of something by credit

6. financial status: somebody's financial status or reputation

7. spending entitlement at store: money that a customer is owed by a store and is entitled to spend there

8. balance in account: the amount of money in an account after debts have been charged against it

9. money paid into account: an amount of money paid into an account

10. amount bank will lend: the amount of money that a financial institution is prepared to lend somebody

11. acknowledgment of somebody's role: a mention of the role that somebody played in an endeavor, especially an artistic one

12. deduction of payment from owed amount: the deduction from a business account of an amount owed that has been paid

13. account payments column: the right-hand side of an account record, where payments to the account are recorded

14. payment recorded: a payment recorded against an amount owed

15. course unit: a unit of study, often equivalent to an hour of class time, in a course of higher education

16. recognition of course completion: official recognition that a student has successfully completed a course of study
get credit for a course



plural noun cred·its 
Definition:
 
movies tv list of acknowledgments: a listing of the people involved in a movie or television production, together with their roles or jobs



transitive verb  (past and past participle cred·it·ed, present participle cred·it·ing, 3rd person present singular cred·its)
Definition:
 
1. believe something: to accept that something is true

2. recognize somebody as responsible: to recognize somebody as the person responsible for an achievement

3. attribute something to somebody: to ascribe something such as a personal quality to somebody

4. add money to bank account: to add an amount of money to somebody's bank or savings account

5. record payment of money: to record an amount of money as a payment in an accounting record

6. education say officially that student passed: to award a credit to a student for successful completion of a course of study

[Mid-16th century. Via French< Latin creditum "loan" < past participle of credere "entrust, believe"]

to somebody's credit something for which somebody should be commended


Word History

The Latin word credere, "to believe," from which credit is derived, is also the source of English credible, creed, grant, and miscreant.

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