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What does credit mean?
Definitions in simple English

credit Noun

— 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. — 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. — 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. — A credit is record of money put in an account.

credit Verb

— 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. — 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. — If you credit something, you believe it.

credit

— noun (= recognition) approval give her recognition for trying he was given credit for his work give her credit for trying — noun money available for a client to borrow — noun an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items — verb give someone credit for something We credited her for saving our jobs — noun used in the phrase 'to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise she already had several performances to her credit — verb ascribe an achievement to She was not properly credited in the program — verb accounting: enter as credit We credit your account with $100 — noun (= deferred payment) arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services — noun recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours — verb have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of — noun 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 — noun (= credit rating) an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments — noun (= citation, acknowledgment, mention) 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

Synonyms credit synonyms

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credit English » English

trust loan reputation honour accredit faith esteem debt credence attribute honor repute reliance money belief prestige borrowing believe quotation quarters merit letter of credit deferred payment credit titles credit side credit line confidence claim Social Security credits reference recognition mention fame dignity course credit cite citation acknowledgment title pay good name face entrust deposit credit rating credit entry conviction commendation believe in be convinced

Topics credit topics

What do people use credit to talk about?
Language and thought Communication Say

Praise
Work and occupation Finance Borrow

Credit
Work and occupation Finance Borrow

Give pledge, bond
Social behavior Behavior Admire someone

Proud

Conjugation credit conjugation

How do you conjugate credit?

credit · verb

Examples credit examples

How do I use credit in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Tom paid by credit card.
Tom has never got the credit for anything.
I started to use my credit card for payments more often.
Can I pay by credit card?
The world is divided into people who get things done, and people who get the credit.
It's to your credit that you told the truth.
Don't buy things on credit.
Give credit where credit is due.
Which credit cards can I use?
I'd like to pay with my credit card instead.
Can I make a credit card call on this public phone?
The owner of this bar never sells liquor on credit.
I'm calling because my credit card has been stolen.
Don't buy on credit.
This credit card entitles us to certain privileges.
Can I pay on credit?
Your credit card, please.
I'm calling because I've lost my credit card.

Movie subtitles

You really give me no credit, do you?
You know, you are far more assertive than you give yourself credit for.
To Paige who stole my credit card.
You don't need to copy my driver's license, my credit cards.
I know of one young man who has great promise as a writer. and he has written the first act of a tragedy. which would be a credit to one of the masters.
Name all over the program, gets all the credit.
Aren't you going to give me a little credit?
Russ, my stomach wants to know how my credit is.
Well, if your stomach's as good as your credit, you'll live to be 100.
Say, is your credit still good in there?
Give me credit for not minding that, sir. - Mm-hmm.
You have more sense than I gave you credit for.
I only give credit where credit is due.
Buy them on credit.
You can have all the credit you want.
Give me a little credit.
Correct, there's your credit. Five with scurvy, one with flogging.
You've got credit. All right.
I gave you credit for being much more talented than you evidently are.
These gentlemen have plenty of credit here.
How do we know your credit is good?
Therefore, with the power conferred on me. by statute number 85-E. and other statutes thereunto appertaining'. I do hereby appoint to the post of sheriff. that paragon of courage. that credit to his community. the pride of Bottleneck.
You get your ass to the most expensive bridal boutique you can find right now, pull out your credit card and get something in a size six that is beautiful and magical and will make everyone cry, you horrendous excuse for a person!
I've got to give you credit.
I'm giving you credit.
But I gotta give credit, where credit is due, and Jerry deserves an awful lot of credit because he followed my instructions to the letter.
I have all the furniture on credit.
We ain't running any credit game.
Never give a woman credit for keeping up a man's spirits.
But I don't deserve any credit.
You're a credit to this country.

News and current affairs

That boost in assets will, in turn, enable local credit markets, such as micro-finance, to begin operating.
It is, of course, in times of economic downturn that countries worry most about their credit rating, so the IMF stance is particularly unhelpful.
In advanced countries, governments will eventually be forced to reduce spending, and central banks will withdraw from emergency credit provisions and guarantees.
Indeed, the most curious aspect of the ECB's position was its threat not to accept restructured government bonds as collateral if the ratings agencies decided that the restructuring should be classified as a credit event.
A quarter of the labor force and half of Spain's youth are unemployed, reflecting the country's loss of competitiveness in the wake of the real-estate bubble inflated by cheap euro credit in the pre-crisis period.
It is now clear that the ECB itself has caused a large part of the capital flight from countries like Spain and Italy, because the cheap credit that it offered drove away private capital.
France, too, has become uncompetitive, owing to the cheap credit brought by the euro in its initial years.
There are many who would solve the problem by routing more and more cheap credit through public channels - bailout funds, eurobonds, or the ECB - from the eurozone's healthy core to the troubled South.
Above all, however, the permanent public provision of cheap credit would ultimately lead to a lingering infirmity, if not to Europe's economic collapse, because the eurozone would become a central management system with state control over investment.
Most observers now agree that Germany needs something like the American earned-income tax credit.
For starters, the eurozone crisis is worsening, as the euro remains too strong, front-loaded fiscal austerity deepens recession in many member countries, and a credit crunch in the periphery and high oil prices undermine prospects of recovery.
Borrowing costs are rising for highly indebted sovereigns, credit rationing is undermining small and medium-size companies, and falling commodity prices are reducing exporting countries' income.
Indeed, economies and markets no longer face liquidity problems, but rather credit and insolvency crises.
Unfortunately, Germany resists all of these key policy measures, as it is fixated on the credit risk to which its taxpayers would be exposed with greater economic, fiscal, and banking integration.
In some countries, most notably the US, a private-sector credit boom created jobs in low-skilled industries like construction, and precipitated a consumption boom as people borrowed against overvalued houses.
While sovereign credit quality has deteriorated virtually across the board, and will most probably continue to do so, the implications for individual countries vary.
They range from subdued bank lending to unusually high risk aversion, and from discredited credit vehicles to the withdrawal of some institutions from credit intermediation altogether.
Governments are doing too little to address the private credit debacle.
In fact, only the UK is visibly opting for a more coordinated and direct way to counter the persistent shortfalls stemming from the private part of the credit crisis.
Proper access to credit for productive segments is an integral part of a well-functioning economy.
That is why any comprehensive approach to restoring the advanced countries' economic and financial vibrancy must target the proper revival of private credit flows.
But, partly because several African countries have escaped the hang-over from the global credit crisis, more investors are focusing on business opportunities there.
Against that background, it is hard to believe that we will quickly return to the heady growth in financial assets, credit, and risk we saw from the 1970's to 2007.
That's why market interest rates on privately held Greek bonds and prices for credit-default swaps indicate that a massive default is coming.
There need to be increased funds available to support small and medium-size enterprises - the main source of job creation in all economies - which is especially important, given that credit contraction by banks hits these enterprises especially hard.
Indeed, the Basel Committee plans to require more capital in the future, though the new requirements will be delayed, owing to concerns about the cost and availability of credit to sustain the recovery.
Indeed, the credit channel is frozen and velocity has collapsed, with banks hoarding increases in base money in the form of excess reserves.
Pulling away from dictators without trying to take credit for or hijack the revolt was exactly what was required.
In the meantime, both sides risk disrupting transfer payments (including to the elderly) and the provision of public services, as well as eroding further America's global credit standing.

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