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Credit

Definition: Credit

Credit

Noun

1. Approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "it is to her credit that she tried"; "the credits were given at the end of the film".

2. Money available for a client to borrow.

3. An accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items.

4. Used in the phrase "to your credit" to indicate an achievement deserving praise; "she already had several performances to her credit".

5. Arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services.

6. Educational recognition that a course of studies has been successfully completed.

7. A short note acknowledging a source of information or quoting a passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases".

8. An entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work.

Verb

1. Give someone credit for something; "We credited her for saving our jobs".

2. Give credit for; "I credit you with saving his life".

3. Enter as credit, in accounting.

4. Have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "credit" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Credit

DomainDefinition

Law

Information sent in a connection request indicating the window size requested by the signalling connection control part for an end-to-end connection. Source: European Union. (references)

19th Century Satire

Something for nothing. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904.

Dream Interpretation

To dream of asking for credit, denotes that you will have cause to worry, although you may be inclined sometimes to think things look bright.
To credit another, warns you to be careful of your affairs, as you are likely to trust those who will eventually work you harm. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Finance

(1) the provision of goods or services in exchange for the promise of future payment. (2) an accounting term that refers to the right-hand side of an account record in which the amounts are entered in a double-entry system of bookkeeping. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Credit

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

There are several variations of the meaning of the word credit, but they all relate to the central concepts of approval, praise, value, or confidence.

In finance

As a financial term, used in such terms as credit card, it refers to the granting of a loan and the creation of debt. Any movement of financial capital is normally quite dependent on credit, which in turn is dependent on the reputation or creditworthiness of the entity which takes responsiblity for the funds. See also credit repair.

A similar usage is in commercial trade, where credit is used to refer to the approval for delayed payments for goods purchased.

In accounting

In accounting, credit refers to that part of double entry bookkeeping that mirrors debits.

In non-fiction writing

In non-fiction writing, especially academic works, it is generally considered important to give credit to sources of information and ideas. Failure to do so often gives rise to charges of plagiarism, and "piracy" of intellectual rights such as the right to receive a royalty for having written. In this sense the financial and individual meanings are linked.

Academic papers generally contain a lengthy section of footnotes or citation. Such detailed crediting of sources provides readers with an opportunity to discover more about the cited material. It also provides a check against misquotation, as it's easy for an attributed quote to be checked when the reference is available. All of this is thought to improve integrity of the instructional capital conveyed, which may be quite fragile, and easy to misinterpret or to misapply.

In creative arts

In the creative arts, credits are an acknowledgement of those that participated in the production. They are often shown at the end of movies and on CD jackets.

In education

In education receiving credit refers to the sucessful completion of a regiment of study, often culminating in a degree or diploma.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Credit."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Credit

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

CREDIT

EnglishComputerized Routine for Evaluating Decision involving Investment and TaxFinance
ICA creditEnglishCommon Market Group of the International Confederation of Agricultural CreditFood & Agriculture, Finance
CREnglishCreditBusiness

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Credit

Synonyms: citation (n), course credit (n), credit entry (n), deferred payment (n), mention (n), quotation (n), recognition (n), reference (n), accredit (v). (additional references)
Antonyms: cash (n), debit (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Credit

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Accounts

Verb: keep accounts, enter, post, book, credit, debit, carry over; take stock; balance accounts, make up accounts, square accounts, settle accounts, wind up accounts, cast up accounts; make accounts square, square accounts.

Approbation

Noun: approbation; approval, approvement; sanction, advocacy; nod of approbation; esteem, estimation, good opinion, golden opinions, admiration; love; appreciation, regard, account, popularity, gr/kudos/gr, credit; repute; best seller.

Authority

Noun: authority; influence, patronage, power, preponderance, credit, prestige, prerogative, jurisdiction; right;Noun: authority; influence, patronage, power, preponderance, credit, prestige, prerogative, jurisdiction; right; (title); direction; government; a.

Belief

Verb: believe, credit; give faith to, give credit to, credence to; see, realize; assume, receive; set down for, take for; have it, take it; consider, esteem, presume.

Noun: belief; credence; credit; assurance; faith, trust, troth, confidence, presumption, sanguine expectation; (hope); dependence on, reliance on.

Credit

Verb: keep an account with, run up an account with; intrust, credit, accredit.

Money

Remittance;(payment); credit; liability

Property

Patent, copyright; chose in action; credit; debt;.

Repute

Noun: distinction, mark, name, figure; repute, reputation; good repute, high repute; note, notability, notoriety, eclat, " the bubble reputation ", vogue, celebrity; fame, famousness; renown; popularity, aura popularis; approbation; credit, succes d'estime, prestige, talk of the town; name to conjure with.

Virtue

Merit, worth, desert, excellence, credit; self-control; (resolution); self-denial; (temperance).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Credit

English words defined with "credit": Bank credit, Bill of creditCash credit, charge account credit, check overdraft credit, commercial credit, commercial letter of credit, consumer credit, credit account, credit analyst, credit application, credit bureau, credit card, credit line, Credit mobilier, credit systemexport creditimport creditletter of credit, line of creditopen-end credit, overdraft creditPaper credit, personal credit line, personal line of credit, Public creditrevolving creditTo credit with, traveler's letter of credit, traveller's letter of credit. (references)
Specialty definitions using "credit": Acceptance Letter Of Credit, Advised Credit, Agricultural Credit Act of 1987, Agricultural Credit Association, anticipatory credit coverback-up line of credit, Blended creditcheck credit, close-end credit, Commodity Credit Corporation, Commodity letters of credit, Confirmed Letter of Credit, credit agency, CREDIT AUTHORIZER, CREDIT CARD CONTROL CLERK, CREDIT CLERK, credit control, CREDIT COUNSELOR, credit framework, credit giver, credit granted by supplier, Credit Hour, credit institutions, credit life insurance, credit rating, credit receiver, credit reference agency, CREDIT REFERENCE CLERK, CREDIT REPORTING CLERK, Credit Standards Advisory CommitteeDeferred Payment Letter of Credit, Direct export credit, Discrepancy Letter of CreditExport Credit Guarantee Programs, Export credit revolving fundFarm Credit Act of 1971, Farm Credit Administration, Farm Credit Banks, Farm Credit System, Farm Credit System Assistance Board, Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation, Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation, Federal Land Credit AssociationsGSM-102, Intermediate-Term Export Credit Guarantee Program., GSM-103, Short-Term Export Credit Guarantee Program, GSM-5, Direct Export Credit Program, Guaranteed export creditIntermediate Export Credit Guarantee Program, Investment Tax Credit, Irrevocable Letter of CreditMANAGER, CREDIT AND COLLECTION, Merchant's CreditNational Credit Union AdministrationPatient Credit and Collection, Production Credit Association, purchased credit card relationshipsRestricted Letter of Credit, Revolving Letter of Creditsales agent, credit services, Short Term Export Credit Guarantee Program, slow consumer credit, Standby Letter of Credit, SUPERVISOR, CREDIT AND LOAN COLLECTIONS, supplier's creditUnconfirmed Letter Of Credit, unit credit, unit of credit, Unrestricted Letter Of Credit, unsecured credit. (references)
Etymologies containing "credit": Disauthorize. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Credit" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (credit), Latin (accept as true, be sure, believe, commit, confide, consign, entrust, give credit, lend to, make loans, rely on, suppose, think, trust, trust in), Manx (believed, credited), Romanian (accommodation, credit, repute, supply), Tagalog (credit).

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Modern Usage: Credit

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Ah, regret to inform, sir, credit limit was reached and breached quite some time ago. (Trainspotting; writing credit: Irvine Welsh; John Hodge)

Is it worth risking your life over ten dollars, two credit cards, a hairbrush, and a lipstick (Superman; writing credit: Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster)

Store wouldn't take your stolen credit card (Home Alone 2: Lost in New York; writing credit: John Hughes)

You give him credit for too much cleverness (Casablanca; writing credit: Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch. Based on the play 'Everybody Comes to Rick's' by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison.)

, I think you should establish a good line of credit, like how you got your couch, payment plans, remember how your mother brought in $10 for a year and she finally got her couch Renaissance style (Good Will Hunting; writing credit: Matt Damon; Ben Affleck)

Lyrics

You're so much braver than I gave you credit for (Head Over Feet; performing artist: Alanis Morissette)

As long as my credit can vouch (No Diggity; performing artist: Blackstreet)

Gave me bad credit, buying gifts with my own name ("Bills, Bills, Bills"; performing artist: Destiny's Child)

They just use your mind and you never get the credit ("9 to 5"; performing artist: Dolly Parton)

I changed all my credit cards, (Son Of A Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You); performing artist: Janet Jackson)

Clever

T-shirt: My heart belongs to Daddy...and so do my credit cards! (references; author: unknown)

There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Credit for Profit (1961)

Wise Use of Credit (1960)

Cheerful Credit (1922)

Letters of Credit (1921)

Death on Credit (1976)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Credit

DomainTitle

References

  • AEON Credit Service Asia Co. Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Countrywide Credit Industries Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Asia Credit Public Co. Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • General Credit Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Hong Leong Credit Berhad: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Credit Scoring & Its Applications (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Credit

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Credit

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Air Force members have become the targets of money lending scams out of Canada. The scams, in the form of classified advertisements in military newspapers advertised guaranteed loans, regardless of income or credit history, and charge a significant up-fro.

Wash and tempera painting of Buffleheads by Maynard Reece, 5315 Robertson Drive, Des Moines, Iowa 50312, a popular freelance wildlife artist. Reece has five Federal duck stamps to his credit with this design as the first. Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page.

Eye sight Tests (income support or family credit). Credit: National Library of Medicine.

You must come, Kitty, they're the loveliest fellows, one has a twin six, and the other has credit at the Waldorf, and the third gets passes for all the theatres. Credit: Library of Congress.

Inviting the undertaker. Jim, you've got to give credit where credit is due. Pork hogs can't help being hogs. Road hogs - can!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Boys, you've gotta gimme credit! : I lost heavily but I've paid!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Issac [i.e. Isaac] Bashevis Singer, author of Passions / photo credit, Jerry Bauer. Credit: Library of Congress.

"Welcome freshmen." Ursuline Academy, Kirkwood, Missouri / credit, Sid Whiting Studio, St. Louis. Credit: Library of Congress.

Askin & Marine credit parlors, Detroit, Mich. Credit: Library of Congress.

Proprietor of credit clothing store, Mexican district, San Antonio, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Credit
 

"Graffiti 2" by Alejandro González G.
Commentary: "Graffiti at the streets of Barcelona. Wish to know the original creators to credit them."
"Hiding" by Elisabeth Howe
Commentary: "This is one of my favorite photographs of all time. Please be lovely and contact & credit me if you use this image."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Credit

AuthorQuotation

Author Unknown

If a good face is a letter of recommendation, a good heart is a letter of credit.

Benjamin Franklin

Remember that credit is money.

Bishop Robert South

Truth will lose its credit, if delivered by a person that has none.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld

We credit scarcely any persons with good sense except those who are of our opinion.

Henry Van Dyke

No man's credit is as good as his money.

Horace Walpole

Men are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.

Jean De La Fontaine

We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age.

Lord Byron

O Gold! I still prefer thee unto paper, which makes bank credit like a bark of vapor.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Credit

AuthorDateQuotation

US Constitution

1791

Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. (reference)

Communist Manifesto

1848

Centralisation of credit in the hands of the State, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly. (reference)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

In no case, however, shall credit be given for property restored in accordance with Article 238 of the present Part. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Credit

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

I rather believe you are giving me more credit for acuteness than I deserve

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

The Emperor was so kind as to wish that I should have the credit of it.

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

It is to the credit of human nature, that, except where its selfishness is brought into play, it loves more readily than it hates

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

He gives a revolution as a merchant, whose credit is low, gives a ball

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Credit Makes Enemies

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Credit is given for deerskins also, and they were daily sold

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Credit

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

However, since both girls have always received PEG-ADA, it is not clear how much of the credit for their good health can be attributed to the new genes. (references)

Business

Payments are made through letters of credit. (references)

Most companies offer at least 30 days credit. (references)

These do not require a credit check or a contract. (references)

Civil Liberties

Togo

NGO's involved with finance, such as credit unions and cooperatives, must register with the Ministry of Finance and Economy. (references)

Canada

On June 27, the Ontario provincial legislature passed a graduated tax credit plan for parents of children attending all private schools, removing the historical limitation that provided such credits only in regard to Roman Catholic schools. (references)

Economic History

Ecuador

Ecuador has no export credit arrangements. (references)

Human Rights

Hong Kong

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCO), established under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (PDPO), is tasked with preventing the misuse and disclosure of data such as medical and credit records. (references)

Rwanda

These courts combine participatory justice and reconciliation techniques exercised at the local level and are scheduled to begin operating in 2002. The Gacaca law provides for reduced sentences for cooperation and credit for time served; lawyers are not permitted to participate officially in Gacaca. (references)

Indigenous People

El Salvador

Few possessed titles to land, and bank loans and other forms of credit were extremely limited. (references)

Minorities

Austria

The Church of Scientology has reported problems obtaining credit cards, and individual Scientologists have experienced discrimination in hiring. (references)

Political Economy

DENMARK

Denmark also has a well-functioning export credit and insurance system. (references)

SOUTH AFRICA

A new government owned Export Credit Agency was established during 2001. (references)

Trade

Costa Rica

European banks are providing credit. (references)

Singapore

Standard credit terms are generally 30 to 90 days. (references)

Bulgaria

Checks and credit cards are used mainly by foreigners. (references)

Travel

Poland

Almost all business hotels take major credit cards. (references)

Spain

Some public phones also accept commercial credit cards. (references)

Latvia

Some taxis also accept credit cards as a tool of payment. (references)

Women

Burundi

Explicitly discriminatory inheritance laws and credit practices continued. (references)

Senegal

Moreover traditional practices make it difficult for women to obtain bank credit. (references)

Malawi

Women have limited access to agricultural extension services, training, and credit. (references)

Worker Rights

Mongolia

Detainees are compensated financially for their work; prisoners are not, but receive credit toward time off of their sentences. (references)

United Kingdom

The working families' tax credit and disabled person's tax credit are designed to ensure a working family a weekly income of $319 (214 pounds), which constitutes a living wage. (references)

Honduras

A number of private firms have instituted "solidarity" associations, essentially aimed at providing credit and other services to workers and managers who are members of the associations. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

WALL :STREET:, n. A symbol for sin for every devil to rebuke. That Wall Street is a den of thieves is a belief that serves every unsuccessful thief in place of a hope in Heaven. Even the great and good Andrew Carnegie has made his profession of faith in the matter. Carnegie the dauntless has uttered his call To battle: "The brokers are parasites all!" Carnegie, Carnegie, you'll never prevail; Keep the wind of your slogan to belly your sail, Go back to your isle of perpetual brume, Silence your pibroch, doff tartan and plume: Ben Lomond is calling his son from the fray -- Fly, fly from the region of Wall Street away! While still you're possessed of a single baubee (I wish it were pledged to endowment of me) 'Twere wise to retreat from the wars of finance Lest its value decline ere your credit advance. For a man 'twixt a king of finance and the sea, Carnegie, Carnegie, your tongue is too free! Anonymus Bink

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Credit

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Bob Barker

People underestimate television viewers, I think. I think that they are much more discriminating, much more tasteful than people give them credit for being.

Sarah Ferguson

Well, after the disaster, we were given offices by Credit Swiss First Boston, which was very kind, temporary offices. And then Michael Bloomberg has given us full time office space there in his office, which is very kind.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Credit

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit.

John Adams

1797-1801This result affords conclusive evidence of the great resources of this country and of the wisdom and efficiency of the measures which have been adopted by Congress for the protection of commerce and preservation of public credit.

John Quincy Adams

1825-1829The debt which had been contracted under the credit sales had become unwieldy, and its extinction was alike advantageous to the purchaser and to the public.

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837By preventing the extension of the credit system it measurably cut off the means of speculation and retarded its progress in monopolizing the most valuable of the public lands.

Ulysses S. Grant

1869-1877Therefore the past four years, so far as I could control events, have been consumed in the effort to restore harmony, public credit, commerce, and all the arts of peace and progress.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953Provision should be made for extending coverage credit to veterans for the period of their service in the armed forces.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Nancy, much credit belongs to you, and I want to express to you your husband's pride and your country's thanks.

George Bush

1989-1993A research and development agenda that includes record levels of Federal investment and a permanent tax credit to strengthen private R and D and create jobs.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Our plan also includes a new tax credit for stay-at-home parents.

George W. Bush

2001-2005Congress listened to the people and responded by reducing tax rates, doubling the child credit, and ending the death tax.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Credit

"Credit" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.64% of the time. "Credit" is used about 7,063 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)95.64%6,7551,428
Lexical Verb (infinitive)3.28%23219,713
Lexical Verb (base form)0.89%6342,364
Noun (proper)0.18%1397,576
                    Total100.00%7,063N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Credit

The following table summarizes the usage of "credit" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
CreditLast name17044,194
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Credit

CountryNameCountryName
Australia

Prime Credit Property Trust

Canada

Newcourt Credit Group Inc.

France

Caisse Nationale de Credit Agricole

Hong Kong

AEON Credit Service Asia Co. Ltd.

India

United Credit Limited

Japan

Aeon Credit Service Co., Ltd.

Malaysia

Hong Leong Credit Berhad

Morocco

Credit Domestique Rapide

Pakistan

Pakistan Industrial Credit & Investment

South Korea

Kookmin Credit Card

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: Credit

Expressions using "credit": acceptance credit account credit add to one's credit admission credit anticipatory credit cover bad credit history bank credit Bank Credit Analyst be in credit bill of credit building credit business credit buy on credit buyer's credit Cash credit charge account credit check overdraft credit check the demand for credit circular letter of credit commercial credit commercial credit company commercial letter of credit consumer credit course credit credit account credit agency credit an account credit analyst credit application credit balance credit bank credit bureau credit capital credit card credit control credit crunch credit entry credit framework credit fund credit giver credit granted by supplier credit history credit institution credit institutions credit instruments credit insurance credit limit credit line credit lines credit memorandum credit mobilier credit note credit order credit page credit period credit rating credit receiver credit reference agency credit report credit restrictions credit risk credit risk cover message credit sale credit sanctioning authority credit side credit smb. with credit smb. with smth. credit smth. to an account credit solvency credit squeeze credit system credit terms credit the account credit title credit titles credit to an account credit total credit transaction credit union credit with demand for credit direct amendment of a documentary credit message direct transfer of a documentary credit message do credit to do credit to smb. documentary credit transfer information message domestic credit expansion equity credit line expired credit export credit extension of credit farm credit frozen credit get credit for give credit give credit facilities give credit for give credit to give credit to smb. give credit to smth. give smb. credit for. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "credit": credit-activeness, credit-approved, credit-based, credit-bearing, credit-betting, credit-broker, credit-broking, credit-card, credit-cards, credit-card-style, credit-cost, credit-creating, credit-creation, credit-debit, credit-financing, credit-giving, credit-led, credit-limit, credit-powered, credit-rated, credit-raters, credit-rating, credit-ratings, credit-rationing, credit-sale, credit-scheme, credit-scoring, credit-squeeze, credit-standing, credit-starved, credit-using, credit-wary, credit-worthiness, credit-worthy.

Ending with "credit": euro-credit.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Credit

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

credit report

47,505

consumer credit counseling

1,882

credit card

27,191

credit card debt

1,788

free credit report

16,969

pentagon federal credit union

1,572

navy federal credit union

7,427

bad credit credit card

1,452

credit union

5,953

tax credit

1,403

credit

5,678

fleet credit card

1,373

bad credit loan

5,107

credit card machine

1,351

repair credit

3,853

visa credit card

1,344

child tax credit

3,761

free credit check

1,323

credit bureau

3,650

credit reporting agency

1,322

credit check

3,226

capital one credit card

1,315

credit card bank

2,816

credit rating

1,314

personal loan for bad credit

2,685

credit card application

1,272

bad credit

2,651

chase credit card

1,255

credit score

2,589

discover credit card

1,254

secured credit card

2,513

credit card processing

1,188

ford credit

2,304

bad credit auto loan

1,091

credit counseling

2,172

low interest credit card

1,088

ford motor credit

2,169

free online credit report

1,064

student credit card

2,029

bad credit mortgage

1,048
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Credit

Language Translations for "credit"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

kredietkaart (credit card). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

nderim (compliments, consideration, curtsey, curtsy, deference, devoirs, distinction, esteem, estimation, homage, honor, honour, obeisance, respect, respectability, respectfulness, reverence, salute, veneration), nder (benignity, boon, complaisance, distinction, fair dealing, Favor, favour, honor, honour, kindness, service), mirëbesim (confidence, faith), listë e pjesëmarrësve (muster, muster roll), krediti, kredi (tick), ia shënoj në librezë, i zë besë (trust, unbosom), depozitë bankare, besoj (accredit, believe, calculate, commit, confide, consign, entrust, guess, hold, intrust, rely, Trow, trust, understand, ween), besim (belief, confidence, credence, credo, creed, denomination, dependence, dogma, doxy, expectation, faith, hope, reliance, religion, trust), atribuoj (ascribe, assign, charge up). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مفخرة (pride), ‏نسب شيئا إلى, ‏قيد له حساب, ‏تسليف (advance, tick), ‏تصديق (approving, attestation, belief, certificate, confirmation, credence, ok, okay, okey, ratification, sanction), ‏سمعة (character, fame, renown, report, reputation, repute, standing), ‏صدق (accept, approve, assent, attest, believe, certify, confirm, genuineness, hold good, make believe, notarize, ok, okay, okey, probity, ratify, sanction, sincerity, trueness, trustiness, truth, validity, veracity, verity), ‏المدين (mortgagee), ‏إئتمان (entrusting, trust), ‏ثقة (assurance, belief, certainty, certitude, confidence, faith, positivism, reliable, reliance, sureness, surety, trust), ‏رصيد دائن, ‏شرف (dignity, dominate, ennoble, follow up, grace, honour, laurels, nobleness, preside, privilege, sublime, superintend), ‏دين (cult, debit, debt, due, faith, judgement, leash, loan, persuasion, religion, score). (various references)

   

Basque

  

kreditu. (various references)

   

Breton

  

c'hartenn-vank (credit card), gartenn-vank-mañ (this credit card). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

уважение (admiration, consideration, deference, duty, esteem, estimation, homage, honor, honour, obeisance, observance, piety, regard, respect, reverence, worship), кредит (trust), вярвам (accredit, believe, hope, trust), вяра (belief, confidence, credence, dependence, doctrine, faith, religion, trust), влияние (action, coloring, colouring, dominance, domination, drag, effect, empire, force, grip, gripe, hold, impact, influence, interest, leaven, prestige, pull, punch, purchase, reach, stimulus, sway), приемам като достоверен, приписвам (accredit, assign, attach, impute, lay, refer, set down), дълг (debt, devoir, duty, indebtedness, liability, office, part, score, trust), доверие (belief, confidence, credence, dependence, faith, reliance, security, trust). (various references)

   

Catalan

  

crèdit. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

信用 . (various references)

   

Croatian

  

kreditnom. (various references)

   

Czech

  

zásluha (desert, worth, worthiness), zápoèet, víra (belief, credence, denomination, faith, trust), vìřit (believe), připsat ve prospìch, kreditní, kredit, dobrá povìst, dùvìra (belief, confidence, faith, reliance, trust), úvìr (tick, trust), èest (honor, honour, kudos), èástka k dobru (deposit). (various references)

   

Danish

  

kredit (credit limit, credit line). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

krediet, credit, tegoed (assets). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

profita (surplus), kredito. (various references)

   

Estonian

  

krediitkaardiga (credit card, with a credit card). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

نسیه , نسبت دادن (Ascribe, Attach, Attribute, Impute), ستون بستان<=>, اعتقادکردن (Believe), اعتبار (Authenticity, Authority, Credibility, Esteem, Estimate, Importance, Influence, Prestige, Reliability, Reputation, Trust), ابرو (Brow, Honor, Name, Prestige, Reputation), درستون بستانکارواردکردن . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

luotto, hyvitys (allowance, compensation, crediting, recompense), hyvittää (compensate, make amends for, make good, make up, reimburse). (various references)

   

Flemish

  

kredietkaart (credit card). (various references)

   

French

  

crédit (credence). (various references)

   

French Canadian

  

crédit. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

kredyt. (various references)

   

Galician

  

crédito. (various references)

   

German

  

Kredit (loan, repute, standing, trust), kreditieren, gutschreiben (to remit), guthaben (assets). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πίστωση (overdraft, overdraught, trust), πίστη (allegiance, belief, conviction, credence, credo, creed, faith, loyalty, loyalty to, trust, trustfulness). (various references)

   

Haitian Creole

  

kredi. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מתן אשראי, ליחס ל- (accredit, ascribe, impute), אשראי (tick, trust), זכות (acquittal, advantage, equity, favour, merit, prerogative, privilege, right, vantage), כבוד (dignity, glory, homage, honor, honour, honourable, kudos, laurel, respect). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

hitel (credence, loan, supplies, tick, trust), bizalom (confidence, credence, dependence, faith, reliance, trist, trust, trustfulness). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

greiðslukort (credit card), bankaábyrgð (letter of credit), úttektarbréf (letter of credit). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

pujian (accolade, praise, recommendation), piutang, mata ujian, daftar penghargaan. (various references)

   

Irish

  

creidmheasa (of credit). (various references)

   

Italian

  

credito (credence, esteem, loan, trust), avere (be, entertain, feel, get, have, have got, have on, having, own, possess, stock, to have), accreditare (accredit, take into account). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

名誉 (honor, prestige). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

たんい (denomination, unit, unlined kimono), しんよう (belief, confidence, credence, dependence, faith, reliance), しんぴょう (credence, trust), さいけん (bond, claim, close inspection, debenture, rebuilding, reconstruction, rehabilitation, scrutiny), のべ (field, futures, stretching, total), せいよ (fame, honor and distinction, reputation), かけ (a gamble, betting, fragment, gambling, splinter), めいよ (honor, prestige), めんぼく (dignity, face, honour, prestige, reputation), めんもく (dignity, face, honour, prestige, reputation), クレジット . (various references)

   

Korean 

  

신용 (Credence, Crediting). (various references)

   

Luxembourgish

  

kreditkaart (credit card). (various references)

   

Manx

  

feeudys (decency, decent behaviour, discretion, modesty, prudence), daill (chance, trust), cur credjue da, cur argid rish, credjal (believe, credence). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

kreditt. (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

kredit. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

editcray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

crédito (claim, contra, credence, kudos, tick, trust), creditar (guarantee). (various references)

   

Portuguese Brazilian

  

crédito. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

credit (accommodation, repute, supply). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

хорошая репутация (fair name), честь (honor, honour), кредитовать кредит;доверие кредитный, кредитовать, кредит (borrowings, chalk, jawbone, tick), влияние (affectedness, authority, carry weight, cinch, dominance, hold, impact, influence, interest, leaven, say, weight), зачет, приписывать (allege, ascribe, impute, prefixed, refer), похвала (commendation, panegyric, praise, recommendation), доверять (accredit, confide in, have trust in, owe to, put trust in, rely, repose trust in, string along with, trust), доверие (affiance, confidence, credence, dependence, faith, reliance, trust). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

creideas (good repute), dàil (a meeting, convention, delay, retardation). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

zasluga (desert, merit), pripisati (accredit, ascribe, ascribe to, attribute), otplata (part payment, payment), odobriti (approbate, approve, approve of, authorise, authorize, endorse, grant, hearten, sanction, vote), kredit (tick). (various references)

   

Slovene

  

kreditno. (various references)

   

Somali

  

deynta. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

crédito (belief, credence, tick, trust), haber (assets, get, have, havings, live, live through, possess), credito (loan), acreditar (accredit, certify, deposit, look, look at, pay, reputation). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kredit, heder (honor, honour, kudos), förtjänst (desert, deserts, earnings, emolument, gain, gainings, merit, payoff, profit, taking, win). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

credit. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kredi (tick, trust). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

kredit (r). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

репутація (character, honor, honour, name, note, odor, odour, reputation, repute), хвала (bouquet, orchid, orthros), честь (honor, honour), кредитувати, кредит (chalk, tick), віра (belief, credence, faith), вірити (believe), приписувати (accredit, allege, appoint, arrogate, ascribe, assign, attach, attribute, credit with, enjoin, foist, ordain, prescribe, refer), пошана (deference, homage, kudos, obeisance), повага (deference, esteem, estimation, homage, obeisance, regard, respect, respectfulness), довіряти (accredit, believe, confide in, entrust, string along, trust), довір'я (affiance, confidence, dependence, faith, reliance, tick, trust). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

uy tín nguồn vẻ vang, sự vẻ vang thế lực, sự tin (credence), lòng tin danh tiếng, danh vọng, ảnh hưởng công trạng sự cho nợ. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

coelio (accredit, believe, trust), coel (belief, trust). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Credit

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

creditum, fide, fidei, fidem, fides, promeritum. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Credit

LanguageDateSourceRomans Chapter 3, Verse 24
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintDikaioumenoi dwrean th autou cariti dia thV apolutrwsewV thV en cristw ihsou
Latin405VulgateIustificati gratis per gratiam ipsius per redemptionem quae est in Christo Iesu
Old English990West SaxonAnd hie weorþað rihwisod freolice under his giefe þurh þa alysednesse of Criste.
Middle English1395WyclifAnd ben iustified freli bi his grace, bi the ayenbiyng that is in `Crist Jhesu.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleBut are iustified frely by his grace through the redemcion that is in Christ Iesu
Jacobean English1611King JamesBeing justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Victorian English1833WebsterBeing justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ:
Basic English1964OgdenAnd they may have righteousness put to their credit, freely, by his grace, through the salvation which is in Christ Jesus:

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Credit

LanguageRomans Chapter 3, Verse 24
Cebuanosila pagamatarungon pinaagi sa iyang grasya ingon nga gasa, pinasikad sa pagkatinubos tungod kang Cristo Jesus
Chinese如 今 卻 蒙   神 的 恩 典 、 因 基 督 耶 穌 的 救 贖 、 就 白 白 的 稱 義 。
Croatianopravdani su besplatno, njegovom milošæu po otkupljenju u Kristu Isusu.
Danishog de blive retfærdiggjorte uforskyldt af hans Nåde ved den Forløsning, som er i Kristus Jesus,
DutchEn worden om niet gerechtvaardigd, uit Zijn genade, door de verlossing, die in Christus Jezus is;
Finnishja saavat lahjaksi vanhurskauden hänen armostaan sen lunastuksen kautta, joka on Kristuksessa Jeesuksessa,
Frenchet ils sont gratuitement justifiés par sa grâce, par le moyen de la rédemption qui est en Jésus Christ.
Germanund werden ohne Verdienst gerecht aus seiner Gnade durch die Erlösung, so durch Jesum Christum geschehen ist,
Haitian CreoleMen Bondye ki renmen yo, li fè yo gras. Li fè sa pou yo gratis, gremesi Jezikri ki vin delivre yo.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariHanya karena rahmat Allah saja yang diberikan dengan cuma-cuma, hubungan manusia dengan Allah menjadi baik kembali; caranya ialah: manusia dibebaskan oleh Kristus Yesus.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lamaserta dibenarkan cara karunia sahaja, dengan anugerah Allah, oleh sebab penebusan yang ada di dalam Yesus Kristus,
Korean그 리 스 도 예 수 안 에 있 는 구 속 으 로 말 미 암 아 하 나 님 의 은 혜 로 값 없 이 의 롭 다 하 심 을 얻 은 자 되 었 느 니 라
MaoriHe mea whakatika utukore na tona aroha noa, i runga i ta Karaiti Ihu hokonga:
Norwegianog de blir rettferdiggjort uforskyldt av hans nåde ved forløsningen i Kristus Jesus,
Portuguesesendo justificados gratuitamente pela sua graça, mediante a redenção que há em Cristo Jesus,   
RumanianWi sknt socotiyi neprihqniyi, fqrq platq, prin harul Squ, prin rqscumpqrarea, care este kn Hristos Isus.
ShuarTura Yus iin waitnentrama asa Kuítchajai "pénkeraitme" Túramji. Jesukrístujai uwemtikrampra asa Túramji.
SwahiliLakini kwa zawadi ya neema ya Mungu, watu wote hukubaliwa kuwa waadilifu kwa njia ya Yesu Kristo anayewakomboa.
Swedishoch de bliva rättfärdiggjorda utan förskyllan, av hans nåd, genom förlossningen i Kristus Jesus,
UmaAga nabahaka-tamo ngkai huku' jeko' -ta toe, pai' na'uli' kamonoa' -ta hi poncilo-na sabana petolo' Kristus Yesus. Hawe'ea toe, pewai' mara Alata'ala hi kita' ngkai kabula rala-na.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Credit

Derivations

Words beginning with "credit": creditabilities, creditability, creditable, creditableness, creditablenesses, creditably, credited, crediting, creditor, creditors, credits, creditworthiness, creditworthinesses, creditworthy. (additional references)

Words ending with "credit": accredit, discredit, noncredit, reaccredit. (additional references)

Words containing "credit": accreditable, accreditation, accreditations, accredited, accrediting, accredits, discreditable, discreditably, discredited, discrediting, discredits, nonaccredited, reaccreditation, reaccreditations, reaccredited, reaccrediting, reaccredits, unaccredited, uncredited. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Credit" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cedit, Cerddi, Cerdic, ceridt, cerit, cge-itt, correxit, Cradit, Crait, Credem, Credi, credidit, credinta, credita, credite, credito, credot, Credta, credy, creepit, creit, Creith, crudet, Crudia, crudiq, crudit, Krediet, Mccredie, Mcreddie, redit. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Credit"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "credit" (pronounced kre"dut)
6k r e" d u tdiscredit.
4-e" d u tedit.
3-d u taccredit, audit, bandit, Pandit, plaudit, pundit.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Credit

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: direct, triced.

Words within the letters "c-d-e-i-r-t"

-1 letter: cider, cited, citer, cried, dicer, edict, recti, riced, tired, trice, tried.

-2 letters: cedi, cire, cite, dice, diet, dire, dirt, dite, edit, etic, iced, ired, rice, ride, rite, tide, tied, tier, tire.

-3 letters: die, dit, ice, ire, rec, red, rei, ret, rid, ted, tic, tie.

-4 letters: de, ed, er, et, id, it, re, ti.

 Words containing the letters "c-d-e-i-r-t"
 

+1 letter: cordite, credits, dictier, directs, ditcher, predict, recited, tierced, tricked, verdict.

 

+2 letters: accredit, acridest, articled, centroid, ceratoid, citrated, codirect, coeditor, cordites, credited, creditor, cricetid, crudites, curdiest, curtsied, decrepit, depicter, depictor, derelict, desertic, deticker, deuteric, dicentra, dieretic, dimetric, directed, directer, directly, director, discreet, discrete, ditchers, diuretic, doctrine, eldritch, indicter, indirect, lacertid, morticed, outcried, picrated, pictured, precited, predicts, radicate, raticide, readdict, redirect, reindict, reinduct, scripted, tetracid, tetradic, timecard, tracheid, trickled, verdicts.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Spoken
14. Quotations: Speeches
15. Usage Frequency
16. Names: Frequency
17. Names: Company Usage
18. Expressions
19. Expressions: Internet
20. Translations: Modern
21. Translations: Ancient
22. Bible Trace
23. Abbreviations
24. Acronyms
25. Derivations
26. Rhymes
27. Anagrams
28. Bibliography


  

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