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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.
card
Noun
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A card is a small, often rectangular piece of paper or plastic, usually with information.
The police stopped me and asked to see my identity card.
"I don't have any money with me, can I pay with my credit card?"
The soccer player got a red card and left the game.
We spent the afternoon playing card games.
I think we sent them a Christmas card last year.
card
Verb
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If you card someone, you check their ID cards, usually to see if they are old enough to enter a place or drink alcohol.
They have to card anybody who looks 30 or younger.
order
Noun
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Order is when things are where they should be.
I need to take some time to put my things in order.
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The order of some things means which thing is first, which one is second, which one is last, etc.
The children will take turns in order of age.
order
Verb
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To order something is to ask someone to sell it to you.
At the restaurant, she ordered chicken and potatoes.
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To order someone to do something is to tell the person that they must do it.
The father ordered his children to be quiet.