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credit   (TTS Sound)

The noun credit has 9 senses

• recognition, credit -- (approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying")


• credit -- (money available for a client to borrow)


• credit, credit entry -- (an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items)


• credit -- (used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise; "she already had several performances to her credit";)


• credit, deferred payment -- (arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services)


• credit, course credit -- (recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours)


• citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation -- (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")


• credit -- (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")


• credit rating, credit -- (an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments)

The verb credit has 4 senses

• credit -- (give someone credit for something; "We credited her for saving our jobs")


• accredit, credit -- (ascribe an achievement to; "She was not properly credited in the program")


• credit -- (accounting: enter as credit; "We credit your account with $100")


• credit -- (have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of)