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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.
EXPANDconfidence 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.
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13.
COLLAPSEany 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 followed by with): They credited me with three hours in history.
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is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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Idiomscredit to/with, to ascribe to a (thing, person, etc.): In former times many herbs were credited with healing powers.
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; < Middle French < Old Italian credito < Latin crēditum loan, noun use of neuter of crēditus, past participle of crēdere to believe, confide, entrust, give credit
1535–45; < Middle French < Old Italian credito < Latin crēditum loan, noun use of neuter of crēditus, past participle of crēdere to believe, confide, entrust, give credit
Related forms
cred·it·less, adjective
o·ver·cred·it, verb
pre·cred·it, verb (used with object)
su·per·cred·it, noun
un·cred·it·ed, adjective
EXPANDwell-cred·it·ed, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
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.
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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Word Origin & History
credit
1520s, 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 English (creditor is mid-15c.). Meaning "honor, acknowledgment of merit," is from c.1600. Academic sense of "point for completing a course of study"
EXPANDis 1904. Movie/broadcasting sense is 1914. Related: Creditable (1520s); creditability (1886). Credit rating is from 1958; credit union is 1881, Amer.Eng.
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