credit
noun
1. approval
- he was given credit for his work
- give her credit for trying
Similar word(s): recognition
Definition categories: communication, approval, commendation
2. money available for a client to borrow
Definition categories: possession, assets
3. an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
Definition categories: possession, entry
4. used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise
- she already had several performances to her credit
Definition categories: act, accomplishment, achievement
5. arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services
Definition categories: possession, payment
6. recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours
Definition categories: act, attainment
7. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
Similar word(s): acknowledgment, citation, cite, mention, quotation, reference
Definition categories: communication, annotation, notation, note
8. 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
Definition categories: communication, title
9. an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments
Definition categories: thought, approximation, estimate, estimation, idea
Sentences with credit as a noun:
- I give you credit for owning up to your mistake.
- He arrived five minutes late, but to his credit he did work an extra ten minutes at the end of his shift.
- She received a singing credit in last year's operetta.
- They kissed, and then the credits rolled.
- In view of your payment record, we are happy to extend further credit to you.
- a long credit or a short credit
- What do you mean my credit is no good?
- 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?
- That engineer is a credit to the team.
- To repair your star cruiser will cost 100,000 credits.
- Would you like to play? I put in a dollar and I've got two credits left.
- If you do not come to class, you will not get credit for the class, regardless of how well you do on the final.
- Dude, I just need 3 more credits to graduate – I can take socio-linguistics of Swahili if I want.
verb
1. give someone credit for something
- We credited her for saving our jobs
Definition categories: cognition, ascribe, assign, attribute, impute
2. ascribe an achievement to
- She was not properly credited in the program
Similar word(s): accredit
Definition categories: cognition, ascribe, assign, attribute, impute
3. accounting: enter as credit
- We credit your account with $100
Definition categories: possession, account, calculate
4. have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of
Definition categories: cognition, trust
Sentences with credit as a verb:
- Someone said there were over 100,000 people there, but I can't credit that.
- Credit accounts receivable with the amount of the invoice.
- For the payroll period credit employees' tips to their wages paid account and debit their minimum wage payable account.
- The full amount of the purchase has been credited to your account.
- I credit the town council with restoring the shopping district.
- Credit the point guard with another assist.