credit

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French crédit (“belief, trust”), from Latin crēditum (“a loan, credit”), neuter of crēditus, past participle of crēdere (“to believe”). The verb is from the noun. Doublet of shraddha, creed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɛdɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɛdɪt

Verb

credit (third-person singular simple present credits, present participle crediting, simple past and past participle credited)

1. (transitive) To believe; to put credence in.

   Synonyms: accept, believe
2. (transitive, accounting) To add to an account.

   Antonym: debit

3. (transitive) To acknowledge the contribution of.

4. (transitive) To bring honour or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.

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Noun

credit (countable and uncountable, plural credits)

1. Reliance on the truth of something said or done; faith; trust.
2. (uncountable) Recognition, respect and admiration.
3. (countable) Acknowledgement of a contribution, especially in the performing arts.
4. (television/film, usually in the plural) Written titles and other information about the TV program or movie shown at the beginning and/or end of the TV program or movie.

6. (uncountable, law, business, finance) A privilege of delayed payment extended to a buyer or borrower on the seller's or lender's belief that what is given will be repaid.

7. The time given for payment for something sold on trust.

8. (uncountable, US) A person's credit rating or creditworthiness, as represented by their history of borrowing and repayment (or non payment).

9. (accounting) An addition to certain accounts; the side of an account on which payments received are entered.
10. (tax accounting) A reduction in taxes owed, or a refund for excess taxes paid.

11. A source of value, distinction or honour.
12. (science fiction) A unit of currency used in a fictional universe or timeframe.
13. A nominal unit of value assigned outside of a currency system.
14. (uncountable) Recognition for having taken a course (class).

15. (countable) A course credit, a credit hour – used as measure if enough courses have been taken for graduation.

Synonyms

• (course credit, credit hour): unit

Derived terms

Related terms

• credible

Translations

References

• “credit”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• credit in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “credit”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

• direct, triced

Latin

Verb

crēdit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of crēdō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French crédit.

Noun

credit n (plural credite)

1. credit

Declension

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• (Short form) cre

Etymology

Borrowed from English credit.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kɹɛ˧˧ ʔɗit̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kɹɛ˧˧ ʔɗit̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kɹɛ˧˧ ʔɗɨt̚˦˥]
• Phonetic spelling: cre đít

Noun

credit

1. credit (acknowledgement of a contribution)

Verb

credit

1. to credit the author of something

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkrɛdɪt/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkreːdɪt/, /ˈkrɛdɪt/

Verb

credit (literary)

1. second-person singular imperfect/conditional of credu

Noun

credit m (plural creditau)

1. Alternative form of credyd (“credit”)

Mutation