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allocate
Verb
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If you allocate something, you set it aside or plan to use it for a particular purpose. The term is often used with money or resources
We need to change the way that the research money is being allocated.
The government is allocating scarce resources to the military when they should be used for growing food.
credit
Noun
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Credit is an agreement to buy something and pay later.
We bought the new dining room table on credit.
I only use my credit card when I know I'll have the money the next week.
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Credit is positive words or feelings.
He gave credit to local management and to the unions for the improvements at the factory.
The children here should take credit for a job well done.
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A credit is a course or part of a course that you complete at college or university.
I just need five more credits to finish my degree.
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A credit is record of money put in an account.
credit
Verb
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If you credit an account, you add money to it.
I called the bank about the mistake and they credited my account with the missing $50.
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If you credit somebody with something, you say that they did it.
Most people have credited Churchill with this saying, but there is no proof that he actually said it.
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If you credit something, you believe it.