'Public credit' definitions:

Definition of 'Public credit'

From: GCIDE
  • Public \Pub"lic\, a. [L. publicus, poblicus, fr. populus people: cf. F. public. See People.]
  • 1. Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; -- opposed to private; as, the public treasury. [1913 Webster]
  • To the public good Private respects must yield. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • He [Alexander Hamilton] touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprung upon its feet. --D. Webster. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common; notorious; as, public report; public scandal. [1913 Webster]
  • Joseph, . . . not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. --Matt. i. 19. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Open to common or general use; as, a public road; a public house. "The public street." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • public act or public statute (Law), an act or statute affecting matters of public concern. Of such statutes the courts take judicial notice.
  • Public credit. See under Credit.
  • Public funds. See Fund, 3.
  • Public house, an inn, or house of entertainment.
  • Public law. (a) See International law, under International. (b) A public act or statute.
  • Public nuisance. (Law) See under Nuisance.
  • Public orator. (Eng. Universities) See Orator, 3.
  • Public stores, military and naval stores, equipments, etc.
  • Public works, all fixed works built by civil engineers for public use, as railways, docks, canals, etc.; but strictly, military and civil engineering works constructed at the public cost. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Public 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]