Definitions for credit
ˈkrɛd ɪtcred·it

Princeton's WordNet(3.50 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. recognition, credit(noun)

   approval

   "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying"

2. credit(noun)

   money available for a client to borrow

3. credit, credit entry(noun)

   an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items

4. credit(noun)

   used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise

   "she already had several performances to her credit";

5. credit, deferred payment(noun)

   arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services

6. credit, course credit(noun)

   recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours

7. citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation(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"

8. credit(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"

9. credit rating, credit(verb)

   an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments

10. credit(verb)

    give someone credit for something

    "We credited her for saving our jobs"

11. accredit, credit(verb)

    ascribe an achievement to

    "She was not properly credited in the program"

12. credit(verb)

    accounting: enter as credit

    "We credit your account with $100"

13. credit(verb)

    have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. credit(Noun)

   Recognition and respect.

   Etymology: For verb: from creditus, past participle of credere

2. credit(Noun)

   Acknowledgement of a contribution, especially in the performing arts.

   She received a singing credit in last year's operetta.

   Etymology: For verb: from creditus, past participle of credere

3. credit(Noun)

   A written title shown with a film or video.

   They kissed, and then the credits rolled.

   Etymology: For verb: from creditus, past participle of credere

4. credit(Noun)

   A privilege of delayed payment extended to a buyer or borrower on the seller's or lender's belief that what is given will be repaid.

   In view of your payment record, we are happy to extend further credit to you.

   Etymology: For verb: from creditus, past participle of credere

5. credit(Noun)

   A person's credit rating or creditworthiness, as represented by their history of borrowing and repayment (or non payment).

   What do you mean my credit is no good?

   Etymology: For verb: from creditus, past participle of credere

6. credit(Noun)

   An addition to certain accounts.

   Etymology: For verb: from creditus, past participle of credere

7. credit(Noun)

   A reduction in taxes owed, or a refund for excess taxes paid.

   Didn't you know that the IRS will refund any excess payroll taxes that you paid if you use the 45(B) general business credit?

   Etymology: For verb: from creditus, past participle of credere

8. credit(Noun)

   A source of value, distinction or honour.

   That engineer is a credit to the team.

   Etymology: For verb: from creditus, past participle of credere

9. credit(Noun)

   An arbitrary unit of value, used in many token economies.

   Etymology: For verb: from creditus, past participle of credere

10. credit(Verb)

    To believe.

    Someone said there had been over 100,000 people there, but I can't credit that.

    Etymology: For verb: from creditus, past participle of credere

11. credit(Verb)

    To add to an account (confer debit.)

    Etymology: For verb: from creditus, past participle of credere

12. credit(Verb)

    To acknowledge a contribution.

    Etymology: For verb: from creditus, past participle of credere

13. credit(Noun)

    Recognition for having taken a course (class).

    If you do not come to class, you will not get credit for the class, regardless of how well you do on the final.

    Etymology: For verb: from creditus, past participle of credere

14. credit(Noun)

    A , a credit hour – used as measure if enough courses have been taken for graduation.

    Dude, I just need 3 more credits to graduate u2013 I can take socio-linguistics of Swahili if I want.

    Etymology: For verb: from creditus, past participle of credere

Webster Dictionary(3.50 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Credit(noun)

   reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence

   Etymology: [F. crdit (cf. It. credito), L. creditum loan, prop. neut. of creditus, p. p. of credere to trust, loan, believe. See Creed.]

2. Credit(noun)

   reputation derived from the confidence of others; esteem; honor; good name; estimation

   Etymology: [F. crdit (cf. It. credito), L. creditum loan, prop. neut. of creditus, p. p. of credere to trust, loan, believe. See Creed.]

3. Credit(noun)

   a ground of, or title to, belief or confidence; authority derived from character or reputation

   Etymology: [F. crdit (cf. It. credito), L. creditum loan, prop. neut. of creditus, p. p. of credere to trust, loan, believe. See Creed.]

4. Credit(noun)

   that which tends to procure, or add to, reputation or esteem; an honor

   Etymology: [F. crdit (cf. It. credito), L. creditum loan, prop. neut. of creditus, p. p. of credere to trust, loan, believe. See Creed.]

5. Credit(noun)

   influence derived from the good opinion, confidence, or favor of others; interest

   Etymology: [F. crdit (cf. It. credito), L. creditum loan, prop. neut. of creditus, p. p. of credere to trust, loan, believe. See Creed.]

6. Credit(noun)

   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

   Etymology: [F. crdit (cf. It. credito), L. creditum loan, prop. neut. of creditus, p. p. of credere to trust, loan, believe. See Creed.]

7. Credit(noun)

   the time given for payment for lands or goods sold on trust; as, a long credit or a short credit

   Etymology: [F. crdit (cf. It. credito), L. creditum loan, prop. neut. of creditus, p. p. of credere to trust, loan, believe. See Creed.]

8. Credit(noun)

   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

   Etymology: [F. crdit (cf. It. credito), L. creditum loan, prop. neut. of creditus, p. p. of credere to trust, loan, believe. See Creed.]

9. Credit(verb)

   to confide in the truth of; to give credence to; to put trust in; to believe

   Etymology: [F. crdit (cf. It. credito), L. creditum loan, prop. neut. of creditus, p. p. of credere to trust, loan, believe. See Creed.]

10. Credit(verb)

    to bring honor or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of

    Etymology: [F. crdit (cf. It. credito), L. creditum loan, prop. neut. of creditus, p. p. of credere to trust, loan, believe. See Creed.]

11. Credit(verb)

    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

    Etymology: [F. crdit (cf. It. credito), L. creditum loan, prop. neut. of creditus, p. p. of credere to trust, loan, believe. See Creed.]

Freebase(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Credit

   Credit is the trust which allows one party to provide resources to another party where that second party does not reimburse the first party immediately, but instead arranges either to repay or return those resources at a later date. The resources provided may be financial, or they may consist of goods or services. Credit encompasses any form of deferred payment. Credit is extended by a creditor, also known as a lender, to a debtor, also known as a borrower. Credit does not necessarily require money. The credit concept can be applied in barter economies as well, based on the direct exchange of goods and services. However, in modern societies credit is usually denominated by a unit of account. Unlike money, credit itself cannot act as a unit of account. Movements of financial capital are normally dependent on either credit or equity transfers. Credit is in turn dependent on the reputation or creditworthiness of the entity which takes responsibility for the funds. Credit is also traded in financial markets. The purest form is the credit default swap market, which is essentially a traded market in credit insurance. A credit default swap represents the price at which two parties exchange this risk – the protection "seller" takes the risk of default of the credit in return for a payment, commonly denoted in basis points of the notional amount to be referenced, while the protection "buyer" pays this premium and in the case of default of the underlying, delivers this receivable to the protection seller and receives from the seller the par amount.

The Roycroft Dictionary(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. credit

   The lifeblood of commerce.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. CREDIT

   Something for nothing. CREDITOR Something with nothing.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'credit' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1460

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'credit' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2165

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'credit' in Nouns Frequency: #612

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'credit' in Verbs Frequency: #1103

Anagrams for credit »

1. triced

2. direct

How to pronounce credit?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of credit in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of credit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of credit in a Sentence

1. Giuseppe Sersale:

   Markets continue to discount disappointment over the ECB. You add oil prices making new lows, worries over U.S. high yield, China deflation and a mini credit crisis in Italy, then you have the cocktail that is weighing on markets.

2. Matthew Smith:

   The biggest risk for them is more than likely going to be credit costs, and will they be able to properly assess the risks? it's not clear, if they grow too aggressively, potentially the answer would be no.

3. Chai Maofeng:

   Opening a credit card account was easy - banks were happy to lend to you, and all you needed was a landline number that suggested you worked in an office.

4. Colleen Johnston:

   Next year we would expect credit losses to rise in line with volume growth, we are very focused on organic growth and we know we have lots of opportunities there. That's not to rule out M&A (mergers and acquisitions), but we don't have anything coming to fruition at this point.

5. Anuj Somany:

   The crook and clever people give never credit to a right, ordinary, simple person for his original thoughts or good deeds, but if they are left with no choice then very cunningly they try to play a dirty game to alter somewhat his name in the attribution.

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