'Credit' definitions:

Definition of 'credit'

From: WordNet
noun
Approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying" [syn: recognition, credit]
noun
Money available for a client to borrow
noun
An accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items [syn: credit, credit entry] [ant: debit, debit entry]
noun
Used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise; "she already had several performances to her credit";
noun
Arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services [syn: credit, deferred payment] [ant: cash, immediate payment]
noun
Recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours [syn: credit, course credit]
noun
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, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation]
noun
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"
noun
An estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments [syn: credit rating, credit]
verb
Give someone credit for something; "We credited her for saving our jobs"
verb
Ascribe an achievement to; "She was not properly credited in the program" [syn: accredit, credit]
verb
Accounting: enter as credit; "We credit your account with $100" [ant: debit]
verb
Have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of

Definition of 'Credit'

From: GCIDE
  • Credit \Cred"it\ (kr[e^]d"[i^]t), n. [F. cr['e]dit (cf. It. credito), L. creditum loan, prop. neut. of creditus, p. p. of credere to trust, loan, believe. See Creed.]
  • 1. Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence. [1913 Webster]
  • When Jonathan and the people heard these words they gave no credit unto them, nor received them. --1 Macc. x. 46. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Reputation derived from the confidence of others; esteem; honor; good name; estimation. [1913 Webster]
  • John Gilpin was a citizen Of credit and renown. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A ground of, or title to, belief or confidence; authority derived from character or reputation. [1913 Webster]
  • The things which we properly believe, be only such as are received on the credit of divine testimony. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. That which tends to procure, or add to, reputation or esteem; an honor. [1913 Webster]
  • I published, because I was told I might please such as it was a credit to please. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Influence derived from the good opinion, confidence, or favor of others; interest. [1913 Webster]
  • Having credit enough with his master to provide for his own interest. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Com.) Trust given or received; expectation of future playment for property transferred, or of fulfillment or promises given; mercantile reputation entitling one to be trusted; -- applied to individuals, corporations, communities, or nations; as, to buy goods on credit. [1913 Webster]
  • Credit is nothing but the expectation of money, within some limited time. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. The time given for payment for lands or goods sold on trust; as, a long credit or a short credit. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. (Bookkeeping) The side of an account on which are entered all items reckoned as values received from the party or the category named at the head of the account; also, any one, or the sum, of these items; -- the opposite of debit; as, this sum is carried to one's credit, and that to his debit; A has several credits on the books of B. [1913 Webster]
  • Bank credit, or Cash credit. See under Cash.
  • Bill of credit. See under Bill.
  • Letter of credit, a letter or notification addressed by a banker to his correspondent, informing him that the person named therein is entitled to draw a certain sum of money; when addressed to several different correspondents, or when the money can be drawn in fractional sums in several different places, it is called a {circular letter of credit}.
  • Public credit. (a) The reputation of, or general confidence in, the ability or readiness of a government to fulfill its pecuniary engagements. (b) The ability and fidelity of merchants or others who owe largely in a community. [1913 Webster]
  • He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet. --D. Webster. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Credit'

From: GCIDE
  • Credit \Cred"it\ (kr[e^]d"[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Credited; p. pr. & vb. n. Crediting.]
  • 1. To confide in the truth of; to give credence to; to put trust in; to believe. [1913 Webster]
  • How shall they credit A poor unlearned virgin? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To bring honor or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of. [1913 Webster]
  • You credit the church as much by your government as you did the school formerly by your wit. --South. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Bookkeeping) To enter upon the credit side of an account; to give credit for; as, to credit the amount paid; to set to the credit of; as, to credit a man with the interest paid on a bond. [1913 Webster]
  • To credit with, to give credit for; to assign as justly due to any one. [1913 Webster]
  • Crove, Helmholtz, and Meyer, are more than any others to be credited with the clear enunciation of this doctrine. --Newman. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'credit'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Credit'