Credit - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
give her credit for trying
- an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
- used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise
- recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours
- a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage (syn: acknowledgment, citation, cite, mention, quotation, reference)
- an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work
verb
Extra examples
You need to have a strong credit history and a good job in order to get a mortgage.
A credit of $50 was added to your account.
All the credit must go to the play's talented director.
She's finally getting the credit she deserves.
He shared the credit with his parents.
You've got to give her credit; she knows what she's doing.
Your payment of $38.50 has been credited to your account.
The bank is crediting your account for the full amount.
They credited the rescue to his quick thinking.
Charges like these may seem to deserve some degree of credit.
The credit of inventing coined money has been claimed for the Persians.
This is much credit to you.
The report of William's death was credited.
The staff are crediting him with having saved John's life.
Most new cars are bought on credit.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: credit
he/she/it: credits
present participle: crediting
past tense: credited
past participle: credited
singular: credit
plural: credits
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