credit

Nouns

  • (n) approval
    • give her recognition for trying
    • he was given credit for his work
    • give her credit for trying
    recognition,
  • (n) money available for a client to borrow
  • (n) an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items credit entry,
  • (n) used in the phrase "to your credit" in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise
    • she already had several performances to her credit
  • (n) arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services deferred payment,
  • (n) recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours course credit,
  • (n) 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
    cite, quotation, acknowledgment, mention, reference, citation,
  • (n) 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
  • (n) an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments credit rating,

Verbs

  • (v) give someone credit for something
    • We credited her for saving our jobs
  • (v) ascribe an achievement to
    • She was not properly credited in the program
    accredit,
  • (v) accounting: enter as credit
    • We credit your account with $100
  • (v) have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of

Synonyms

recognition accredit credit entry deferred payment course credit cite quotation acknowledgment mention reference citation credit rating

Antonyms

debit debit entry immediate payment cash

Words of close approximity

credo
credal
creditable creditably credit account credit analyst credit application credit bureau credit card credit crunch credited credit entry credit hour credit line creditor credit order credit rating credits credit side credit system credit union creditworthiness creditworthy