Definitions for credit

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credit cred·it

Spelling: [kred-it]

IPA: /ˈkrɛd ɪt/

Credit is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 127 anagrams from letters in credit (cdeirt).

Definitions for credit

noun

1. commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
2. a source of pride or honor:
3. the ascription or acknowledgment of something as due or properly attributable to a person, institution, etc.:
4. trustworthiness; credibility:
5. confidence in a purchaser's ability and intention to pay, displayed by entrusting the buyer with goods or services without immediate payment.
6. reputation of solvency and probity, entitling a person to be trusted in buying or borrowing:
7. influence or authority resulting from the confidence of others or from one's reputation.
8. time allowed for payment for goods or services obtained on trust:
9. repute; reputation; esteem.
10. a sum of money due to a person; anything valuable standing on the credit side of an account:
11. Education. official acceptance and recording of the work completed by a student in a particular course of study. a credit hour.
12. Bookkeeping. an entry of payment or value received on an account. the right-hand side of an account on which such entries are made (opposed to debit). an entry, or the total shown, on the credit side.
13. any deposit or sum of money against which a person may draw.

Idioms

1. do someone credit, to be a source of honor or distinction for someone. Also, do credit to someone.
2. on credit, by deferred payment:
3. to one's credit, deserving of praise or recognition; admirable:

Verb phrases

1. credit to/with, to ascribe to a (thing, person, etc.):

verb (used with object)

1. to believe; put confidence in; trust; have faith in.
2. to bring honor, esteem, etc., to; reflect well upon.
3. Bookkeeping. to enter upon the credit side of an account; give credit for or to.
4. Education. to award educational credits to (often followed by with):

Origin of credit

1535-45; Middle French Old Italian credito Latin crēditum loan, noun use of neuter of crēditus, past participle of crēdere to believe, confide, entrust, give credit

Examples for credit

Faced by failure of credit they have proposed only the lending of more money.

Lawmaking by legislatures is also a one-way ratchet—Legislators get credit for passing laws, not pruning them.

To be sure, Jefferson did share the credit, but not in the way such a resolution might be interpreted.

But the District Attorney was not inclined to credit the confession.

And there was the dazzling thought of going to Felix or Doucet with credit unlimited.

To his credit, Huckabee is conscious of the fact that he will need a cluster of deep-pocketed patrons and bundlers.

The night before he bought a lot of crack-cocaine on credit with no way to pay, intending to kill himself after smoking.

Do Ministers deserve no credit for hitting on this critical device?

And much of the credit to her transformation is owed to a finishing school that caters to women just like her.

The work which we are doing there redounds to our credit as a nation.