Definitions for credit
ˈkrɛd ɪtcred·it

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

1. recognition, creditnoun

   approval

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

2. creditnoun

   money available for a client to borrow

3. credit, credit entrynoun

   an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items

4. creditnoun

   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 paymentnoun

   arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services

6. credit, course creditnoun

   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, quotationnoun

   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. creditnoun

   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, creditverb

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

10. creditverb

    give someone credit for something

    "We credited her for saving our jobs"

11. accredit, creditverb

    ascribe an achievement to

    "She was not properly credited in the program"

12. creditverb

    accounting: enter as credit

    "We credit your account with $100"

13. creditverb

    have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. creditnoun

   Recognition and respect.

2. creditnoun

   Acknowledgement of a contribution, especially in the performing arts.

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

3. creditnoun

   A written title shown with a film or video.

   They kissed, and then the credits rolled.

4. creditnoun

   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.

5. creditnoun

   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?

6. creditnoun

   An addition to certain accounts.

7. creditnoun

   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?

8. creditnoun

   A source of value, distinction or honour.

   That engineer is a credit to the team.

9. creditnoun

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

10. creditverb

    To believe.

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

11. creditverb

    To add to an account (confer debit.)

12. creditverb

    To acknowledge a contribution.

13. creditnoun

    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.

14. creditnoun

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

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

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. CREDITnoun

   Etymology: credit, French.

   1. Belief.

   When the people heard these words, they gave no credit unto them, nor received them. 1 Mac. x. 46.

   I may give credit to reports. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 130.

   Some secret truths, from learned pride conceal’d,
   To maids alone and children are reveal’d:
   What though no credit doubting wits may give,
   The fair and innocent shall still believe. Alexander Pope, Ra. of Lock.

   2. Honour; reputation.

   I published, because I was told I might please such as it was a credit to please. Alexander Pope.

   3. Esteem; good opinion.

   There is no decaying merchant, or inward beggar, hath so many tricks to uphold the credit of their wealth, as these empty persons have to maintain the credit of their sufficiency. Francis Bacon.

   His learning, though a poet said it,
   Before a play, would lose no credit. Jonathan Swift.

   Yes, while I live, no rich or noble knave,
   Shall walk the world in credit to his grave. Alexander Pope, Hor. b. ii.

   4. Faith; testimony.

   We are contented to take this upon your credit, and to think it may be. Richard Hooker, b. iv. sect. 12.

   The things which we properly believe, be only such as are received upon the credit of divine testimony. Richard Hooker, b. v.

   The author would have done well to have left so great a paradox only to the credit of a single assertion. John Locke.

   5. Trust reposed.

   Credit is nothing but the expectation of money, within some limited time. John Locke.

   6. Promise given.

   They have never thought of violating the publick credit, or of alienating the revenues to other uses than to what they have been thus assigned. Joseph Addison, Remarks on Italy.

   7. Influence; power not compulsive; interest.

   She employed his uttermost credit to relieve us, which was as great as a beloved son with a mother. Philip Sidney.

   They sent him likewise a copy of their supplication to the king, and desired him to use his credit that a treaty might be entered into. Edward Hyde, b. ii.

   Having credit enough with his master to provide for his own interest, he troubled not himself for that of other men. Edward Hyde.

2. To Creditverb

   Etymology: credo, Latin.

   1. To believe.

   Now I change my mind,
   And partly credit things that do presage. William Shakespeare, Jul. Cæs.

   To credit the unintelligibility both of this union and motion, we need no more than to consider it. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps. c. 4.

   2. To procure credit or honour to any thing.

   May here her monument stand so,
   To credit this rude age; and show
   To future times, that even we
   Some patterns did of virtue see. Edmund Waller.

   It was not upon design to credit these papers, nor to compliment a society so much above flattery. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps. Pref.

   At present you credit the church as much by your government, as you did the school formerly by your wit. South.

   3. To trust; to confide in.4. To admit as a debtor.

Wikipedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Credit

   Credit (from Latin credit, "(he/she/it) believes") is the trust which allows one party to provide money or resources to another party wherein the second party does not reimburse the first party immediately (thereby generating a debt), but promises either to repay or return those resources (or other materials of equal value) at a later date. In other words, credit is a method of making reciprocity formal, legally enforceable, and extensible to a large group of unrelated people. The resources provided may be financial (e.g. granting a loan), or they may consist of goods or services (e.g. consumer credit). 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.

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

1. Creditnoun

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

2. Creditnoun

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

3. Creditnoun

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

4. Creditnoun

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

5. Creditnoun

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

6. Creditnoun

   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

7. Creditnoun

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

8. Creditnoun

   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

9. Creditverb

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

10. Creditverb

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

11. Creditverb

    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

12. 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.

Matched Categories

1. • Account
   • Assets
   • Attainment
   • Attribute
   • Title
   • Trust

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. direct

2. triced

How to pronounce credit?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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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. The FSA:

   In the current very exceptional circumstances, it is justified to reduce the buffers in order not to weaken the ability of credit institutions to lend, especially to the corporate sector.

2. Marcus Kuhnert:

   We want to reduce the loans very aggressively within two to three years to stabilise our credit rating and to regain financial leeway for further acquisitions.

3. Atif Latif:

   Credit risk concerns, lack of credible asset quality, balance sheet issues and a lack of reserves... all this makes for gloomy reading for those with EU bank exposure.

4. Chief Executive Officer Alexandre Abreu:

   This time there will be no abrupt increase in credit and, instead, a smoother one.

5. West Virginia:

   Do you believe people making $ 200,000 and $ 400,000 would still get the child tax credit the same as someone making $ 50,000, $ 60,000 or $ 70,000 that really needs it ?

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