What does credit mean?
Definitions for credit
ˈkrɛd ɪtcred·it
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word credit.
Princeton's WordNet
recognition, creditnoun
approval
"give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying"
creditnoun
money available for a client to borrow
credit, credit entrynoun
an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
creditnoun
used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise
"she already had several performances to her credit";
credit, deferred paymentnoun
arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services
credit, course creditnoun
recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours
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"
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"
credit rating, creditverb
an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments
creditverb
give someone credit for something
"We credited her for saving our jobs"
accredit, creditverb
ascribe an achievement to
"She was not properly credited in the program"
creditverb
accounting: enter as credit
"We credit your account with $100"
creditverb
have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of
Wiktionary
creditnoun
Recognition and respect.
Etymology: For verb: from creditus, past participle of credere
creditnoun
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
creditnoun
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
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.
Etymology: For verb: from creditus, past participle of credere
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?
Etymology: For verb: from creditus, past participle of credere
creditnoun
An addition to certain accounts.
Etymology: For verb: from creditus, past participle of credere
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?
Etymology: For verb: from creditus, past participle of credere
creditnoun
A source of value, distinction or honour.
That engineer is a credit to the team.
Etymology: For verb: from creditus, past participle of credere
creditnoun
An arbitrary unit of value, used in many token economies.
Etymology: For verb: from creditus, past participle of credere
creditverb
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
creditverb
To add to an account (confer debit.)
Etymology: For verb: from creditus, past participle of credere
creditverb
To acknowledge a contribution.
Etymology: For verb: from creditus, past participle of credere
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.
Etymology: For verb: from creditus, past participle of credere
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 u2013 I can take socio-linguistics of Swahili if I want.
Etymology: For verb: from creditus, past participle of credere
Wikipedia
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
Creditnoun
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.]
Creditnoun
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.]
Creditnoun
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.]
Creditnoun
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.]
Creditnoun
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.]
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
Etymology: [F. crdit (cf. It. credito), L. creditum loan, prop. neut. of creditus, p. p. of credere to trust, loan, believe. See Creed.]
Creditnoun
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.]
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
Etymology: [F. crdit (cf. It. credito), L. creditum loan, prop. neut. of creditus, p. p. of credere to trust, loan, believe. See Creed.]
Creditverb
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.]
Creditverb
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.]
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
Etymology: [F. crdit (cf. It. credito), L. creditum loan, prop. neut. of creditus, p. p. of credere to trust, loan, believe. See Creed.]
Freebase
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
credit
The lifeblood of commerce.
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
CREDIT
Something for nothing. CREDITOR Something with nothing.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'credit' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1460
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'credit' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2165
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'credit' in Nouns Frequency: #612
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'credit' in Verbs Frequency: #1103
Anagrams for credit »
triced
direct
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of credit in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of credit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of credit in a Sentence
Credit to him for playing some solid, consistent tennis, always making me play an extra shot, luckily for me, I managed to bounce back, dig myself out of this hole I was in.
American media gives too much credit to President Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian President Vladimir Putin fellows because you perceive President Putin and his fellows as an organized unit, well President Putin and his fellows are not effective. In fact President Putin and his fellows are a bunch of people who care mostly about President Putin and his fellows money... President Putin and his fellows are just not effective.
The average Iowan is not going to get a tax credit like the one Apple got, and they certainly aren't going to have highly paid lobbyists up at the Capitol advocating for their behalf, advocating for their beliefs, advocating for their values.
There is some credit given to him that he is acknowledging the issues facing the economy and he knows there are levers left to be pulled.
Chinese banks will likely seek to cut back credit allocations to these firms next year to reflect their clients' weakened balance sheets.
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Translations for credit
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- ائتمانArabic
- доверие, вяра, вярвам, кредитBulgarian
- připsatCzech
- Kreditwürdigkeit, KreditGerman
- créditoSpanish
- کردیتPersian
- suoritus, luottamus, kunniamaininta, vahvuus, vähennys, kunnia, lopputekstit, pisteet, luotto, opintopiste, voimavara, krediitti, palautus, tunnustus, antaa tunnustus, hyvittää, piste, luottotiedot, tunnustuspalkinto, uskoa, suorituspiste, maksuaika, usko, hyvitys, luottokelpoisuusFinnish
- reconnaissance, crédit, mériteFrench
- creideasScottish Gaelic
- אשראיHebrew
- hitelHungarian
- credito, riconoscimentoItalian
- 奥付, 信用, クレジットタイトル, クレジット, 単位Japanese
- saldo, crediteren, krediet, toedenken, geloven, geloof hechten aan, lofbetuiging, kredietwaardigheid, toeschrijven, lof, betalingsuitstelDutch
- kreditereNorwegian
- acreditar, créditoPortuguese
- creditRomanian
- пове́рить, доверя́ть, припи́сывать, ве́рить, кредитова́ть, дове́рить, приписа́ть, дове́рие, заслу́га, ве́ра, креди́т, очко́, зачётRussian
- vjerovatiSerbo-Croatian
- erkännande, kredit, krediteraSwedish
- పరపతిTelugu
- tín dụngVietnamese
- 信用Chinese
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