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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Credit \Cred"it\ (kr[e^]d"[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Credited}; p. pr & vb n. {Crediting}.] 1. To confide in the truth of to give credence to to put trust in to believe. How shall they credit A poor unlearned virgin? --Shak. 2. To bring honor or repute upon to do credit to to raise the estimation of You credit the church as much by your government as you did the school formerly by your wit. --South. 3. (Bookkeeping) To enter upon the credit side of an account; to give credit for as to credit the amount paid; to set to the credit of as to credit a man with the interest paid on a bond. {To credit with}, to give credit for to assign as justly due to any one Crove, Helmholtz, and Meyer, are more than any others to be credited with the clear enunciation of this doctrine. --Newman. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Credit \Cred"it\ (kr[e^]d"[i^]t), n. [F. cr['e]dit (cf. It credito), L. creditum loan, prop. neut. of creditus, p. p. of credere to trust, loan, believe. See {Creed}.] 1. Reliance on the truth of something said or done belief; faith; trust; confidence. When Jonathan and the people heard these words they gave no credit unto them nor received them --1 Macc. x. 46. 2. Reputation derived from the confidence of others esteem; honor; good name estimation. John Gilpin was a citizen Of credit and renown. --Cowper. 3. A ground of or title to belief or confidence; authority derived from character or reputation. The things which we properly believe, be only such as are received on the credit of divine testimony. --Hooker. 4. That which tends to procure, or add to reputation or esteem; an honor. I published, because I was told I might please such as it was a credit to please. --Pope. 5. Influence derived from the good opinion, confidence, or favor of others interest. Having credit enough with his master to provide for his own interest. --Clarendon. 6. (Com.) Trust given or received; expectation of future playment for property transferred, or of fulfillment or promises given mercantile reputation entitling one to be trusted; -- applied to individuals, corporations, communities, or nations; as to buy goods on credit. Credit is nothing but the expectation of money, within some limited time. --Locke. 7. The time given for payment for lands or goods sold on trust; as a long credit or a short credit. 8. (Bookkeeping) The side of an account on which are entered all items reckoned as values received from the party or the category named at the head of the account; also any one or the sum, of these items; -- the opposite of {debit}; as this sum is carried to one's credit, and that to his debit; A has several credits on the books of B. {Bank credit}, or {Cash credit}. See under {Cash}. {Bill of credit}. See under {Bill}. {Letter of credit}, a letter or notification addressed by a banker to his correspondent, informing him that the person named therein is entitled to draw a certain sum of money; when addressed to several different correspondents, or when the money can be drawn in fractional sums in several different places, it is called a {circular letter of credit}. {Public credit}. a The reputation of or general confidence in the ability or readiness of a government to fulfill its pecuniary engagements. b The ability and fidelity of merchants or others who owe largely in a community. He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet. --D. Webster. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: credit n 1: approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "it is to her credit that she tried"; "the credits were given at the end of the film" [syn: {recognition}] 2: money available for a client to borrow 3: an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items [syn: {credit entry}] [ant: {debit}] 4: used in the phrase "to your credit" to indicate an achievement deserving praise; "she already had several performances to her credit" 5: arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services [syn: {deferred payment}] [ant: {cash}] 6: educational recognition that a course of studies has been successfully completed [syn: {course credit}] 7: a short note acknowledging a source of information or quoting a passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases" [syn: {citation}, {reference}, {mention}, {quotation}] 8: an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work v 1: give someone credit for something "We credited her for saving our jobs" 2: give credit for "I credit you with saving his life" [syn: {accredit}] 3: enter as credit, in accounting [ant: {debit}] 4: have trust in trust in the truth or veracity of
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