commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.: Give credit where it is due.
2.
a source of pride or honor: You are a credit to your school.
3.
the ascription or acknowledgment of something as due or properly attributable to a person, institution, etc.: She got a screen credit for photography.
4.
trustworthiness; credibility: a witness of credit.
5.
confidence in a purchaser's ability and intention to pay, displayed by entrusting the buyer with goods or services without immediate payment.
6.
reputation of solvency and probity, entitling a person to be trusted in buying or borrowing: Your credit is good.
7.
influence or authority resulting from the confidence of others or from one's reputation.
8.
time allowed for payment for goods or services obtained on trust: 90 days' credit.
9.
repute; reputation; esteem.
10.
a sum of money due to a person; anything valuable standing on the credit side of an account: He has an outstanding credit of $50.
11.
Education.
a.
official acceptance and recording of the work completed by a student in a particular course of study.
b.
a credit hour.
12.
Bookkeeping.
a.
an entry of payment or value received on an account.
b.
the right-hand side of an account on which such entries are made (opposed to debit).
c.
an entry, or the total shown, on the credit side.
13.
any deposit or sum of money against which a person may draw.
–verb (used with object)
14.
to believe; put confidence in; trust; have faith in.
15.
to bring honor, esteem, etc., to; reflect well upon.
16.
Bookkeeping. to enter upon the credit side of an account; give credit for or to.
17.
Education. to award educational credits to (often fol. by with): They credited me with three hours in history.
—Verb phrase
18.
credit to or with, to ascribe to a (thing, person, etc.): In former times many herbs were credited with healing powers.
—Idioms
19.
do someone credit, to be a source of honor or distinction for someone. Also, do credit to someone.
20.
on credit, by deferred payment: Everything they have was bought on credit.
21.
to one's credit, deserving of praise or recognition; admirable: It is to his credit that he freely admitted his guilt.
[Origin: 1535–45; < MF < OIt credito < L créditum loan, n. use of neut. of créditus, ptp. of crédere to believe, confide, entrust, give credit]
—Related forms
cred·it·less, adjective
—Synonyms 4–7, 9.Credit,repute,reputation,standing refer to one's status in the estimation of a community. Credit refers to business and financial status and the amount of money for which a person will be trusted. Repute is particularly what is reported about someone, the favor in which the person is held, etc.: a man of fine repute among his acquaintances. Reputation is the moral and other character commonly ascribed to someone: of unblemished reputation. Standing is one's position in a community, or rank and condition in life: a man of good standing and education.
Belief or confidence in the truth of something. See Synonyms at belief.
A reputation for sound character or quality; standing: It is to their credit that they worked so hard without complaining.
A source of honor or distinction: This exceptional athlete is a credit to our team.
Recognition or approval for an act, ability, or quality: gave them credit for a job well done.
Influence based on the good opinion or confidence of others.
An acknowledgment of work done, as in the production of a motion picture or publication. Often used in the plural: At the end of the film we stayed to watch the credits.
Official certification or recognition that a student has successfully completed a course of study: He received full credit for his studies at a previous school.
A unit of study so certified: This course carries three credits.
An arrangement for deferred payment of a loan or purchase: a store that offers credit; bought my stereo on credit.
The terms governing such an arrangement: low prices and easy credit.
The time allowed for deferred payment: an automatic 30-day credit on all orders.
The deduction of a payment made by a debtor from an amount due.
The right-hand side of an account on which such amounts are entered.
An entry or the sum of the entries on this side.
The positive balance or amount remaining in a person's account.
A credit line.
Reputation for solvency and integrity entitling a person to be trusted in buying or borrowing: You should have no trouble getting the loan if your credit is good.
An arrangement for deferred payment of a loan or purchase: a store that offers credit; bought my stereo on credit.
The terms governing such an arrangement: low prices and easy credit.
The time allowed for deferred payment: an automatic 30-day credit on all orders.
The deduction of a payment made by a debtor from an amount due.
The right-hand side of an account on which such amounts are entered.
An entry or the sum of the entries on this side.
The positive balance or amount remaining in a person's account.
A credit line.
Accounting
The deduction of a payment made by a debtor from an amount due.
The right-hand side of an account on which such amounts are entered.
An entry or the sum of the entries on this side.
The positive balance or amount remaining in a person's account.
A credit line.
tr.v.
cred·it·ed, cred·it·ing, cred·its
To believe in; trust: "She refused steadfastly to credit the reports of his death"(Agatha Christie).
To regard as having performed an action or being endowed with a quality: had to credit them with good intentions.
To ascribe to a person; attribute: credit the invention to him. See Synonyms at attribute.
To enter as a credit: credited $500 to her account.
To make a credit entry in: credit an account.
Accounting
To enter as a credit: credited $500 to her account.
To make a credit entry in: credit an account.
To give or award an educational credit to.
Archaic To bring honor or distinction to.
[French, from Old French, from Old Italian credito, from Latin crēditum, loan, from neuter past participle of crēdere, to entrust; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.]
1526, from L. creditum "a loan, thing entrusted to another," from pp. of credere "to trust, entrust, believe." The commercial sense was the original one in Eng. (creditor is from 1447). Meaning "honor, acknowledgment of merit," is from 1607. Academic sense of "point for completing a course of study" is 1904. Movie/broadcasting sense is 1914. Credible "believable" is from c.1374. Credibility gap is 1966, Amer.Eng., in reference to official statements about the Vietnam War. Credit card is from 1952; the phrase was used late 19c. to mean "traveler's check."
approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying" [syn: recognition]
2.
money available for a client to borrow
3.
an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items [ant: debit]
4.
used in the phrase 'to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise; "she already had several performances to her credit";
5.
arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services [ant: cash]
6.
recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours
7.
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 cases" [syn: citation]
8.
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"
9.
an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments [syn: credit rating]
verb
1.
give someone credit for something; "We credited her for saving our jobs"
2.
ascribe an achievement to; "She was not properly credited in the program" [syn: accredit]
3.
accounting: enter as credit; "We credit your account with $100" [ant: debit]
Ac*cred"it\ ([a^]k*kr[e^]d"[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accredited; p. pr. & vb. n. Accrediting.] [F. accr['e]diter; [`a] (L. ad) + cr['e]dit credit. See Credit.]1. To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction. His censure will . . . accredit his praises. --Cowper. These reasons . . . which accredit and fortify mine opinion. --Shelton. 2. To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate. Beton . . . was accredited to the Court of France. --Froude. 3. To believe; to credit; to put trust in. The version of early Roman history which was accredited in the fifth century. --Sir G. C. Lewis. He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft. --Southey. 4. To credit; to vouch for or consider (some one) as doing something, or (something) as belonging to some one. To accredit (one) with (something), to attribute something to him; as, Mr. Clay was accredited with these views; they accredit him with a wise saying.
Cir"cu*lar\, a. [L. circularis, fr. circulus circle: cf. F. circulaire. See Circle.]1. In the form of, or bounded by, a circle; round. 2. repeating itself; ending in itself; reverting to the point of beginning; hence, illogical; inconclusive; as, circular reasoning. 3. Adhering to a fixed circle of legends; cyclic; hence, mean; inferior. See Cyclic poets, under Cyclic. Had Virgil been a circular poet, and closely adhered to history, how could the Romans have had Dido? --Dennis. 4. Addressed to a circle, or to a number of persons having a common interest; circulated, or intended for circulation; as, a circular letter. A proclamation of Henry III., . . . doubtless circular throughout England. --Hallam. 5. Perfect; complete. [Obs.] A man so absolute and circular In all those wished-for rarities that may take A virgin captive. --Massinger. Circular are, any portion of the circumference of a circle. Circular cubics (Math.), curves of the third order which are imagined to pass through the two circular points at infinity. Circular functions. (Math.) See under Function. Circular instruments, mathematical instruments employed for measuring angles, in which the graduation extends round the whole circumference of a circle, or 360[deg]. Circular lines, straight lines pertaining to the circle, as sines, tangents, secants, etc. Circularnote or letter. (a) (Com.) See under Credit. (b) (Diplomacy) A letter addressed in identical terms to a number of persons. Circular numbers (Arith.), those whose powers terminate in the same digits as the roots themselves; as 5 and 6, whose squares are 25 and 36. --Bailey. --Barlow. Circular points at infinity (Geom.), two imaginary points at infinite distance through which every circle in the plane is, in the theory of curves, imagined to pass. Circular polarization. (Min.) See under Polarization. Circular or Globularsailing (Naut.), the method of sailing by the arc of a great circle. Circular saw. See under Saw.
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