credit
noun
[ ˈkrɛdɪt ]
• the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future.
• "I've got unlimited credit"
Similar:
financial standing,
financial status,
solvency,
• an entry recording a sum received, listed on the right-hand side or column of an account.
• "the columns should be added across and down and the total debits should equal the total credits"
• public acknowledgement or praise, given or received when a person's responsibility for an action or idea becomes apparent.
• "the Prime Minister was quick to claim the credit for abolishing the tax"
Similar:
praise,
commendation,
acclaim,
approval,
approbation,
acknowledgement,
recognition,
kudos,
hat tip,
glory,
merit,
regard,
esteem,
respect,
admiration,
adulation,
veneration,
tributes,
thanks,
gratitude,
appreciation,
bouquets,
brownie points,
laudation,
extolment,
eulogium,
• the acknowledgement of a student's completion of a course or activity that counts towards a degree or diploma as maintained in a school's records.
• "a student can earn one unit of academic credit"
• the quality of being believed or credited.
• "the abstract philosophy of Cicero has lost its credit"
credit
verb
• publicly acknowledge a contributor's role in the production of (something published or broadcast).
• "the screenplay is credited to one American and two Japanese writers"
Similar:
ascribe,
attribute,
assign,
accredit,
chalk up,
put down,
set down,
impute,
lay at the door of,
connect with,
associate with,
stick something on,
• add (an amount of money) to an account.
• "this deferred tax can be credited to the profit and loss account"
• believe (something surprising or unlikely).
• "you would hardly credit it—but it was true"
Similar:
believe,
accept,
give credence to,
have confidence in,
trust,
have faith in,
rely on,
depend on,
count on,
go for,
fall for,
buy,
swallow,
swallow something hook,
line,
and sinker,
take something as gospel,
Origin:
mid 16th century (originally in the senses ‘belief’, ‘credibility’): from French crédit, probably via Italian credito from Latin creditum, neuter past participle of credere ‘believe, trust’.
