credit
Nouns
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(n) approval
- give her recognition for trying
- he was given credit for his work
- give her credit for trying
- (n) money available for a client to borrow
- (n) an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items credit entry,
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(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,
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(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
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(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
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(v) give someone credit for something
- We credited her for saving our jobs
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(v) ascribe an achievement to
- She was not properly credited in the program
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(v) accounting: enter as credit
- We credit your account with $100
- (v) have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of