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cred⋅it

  [kred-it]
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–noun
1. 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 crēditum loan, n. use of neut. of crēditus, ptp. of crēdere 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.
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Cultural Dictionary

credit

The ability to obtain goods, money, or services in return for a promise to pay at some later date.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

credit 
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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

credit

  1. The ability to borrow or to purchase goods and services with payment delayed beyond delivery.

  2. An accounting entry resulting in an increase in liabilities or owners' equity or in a decrease in assets. Compare debit.

  3. The balance in an account.


Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: 2credit
Function: transitive verb
1 : to supply goods on credit to
2 : to trust in the truth of
3 a : to enter upon the credit side of an account b : to place an amount to the credit of <credit his account with ten dollars>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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