credit

n 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"

[syn: {recognition}]

2: money available for a client to borrow

3: an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items

[syn: {credit entry}] [ant: {debit}]

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

[syn: {deferred payment}] [ant: {cash}]

6: educational recognition that a course of studies has been

successfully completed [syn: {course credit}]

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" [syn: {citation}, {reference},

{mention}, {quotation}]

8: an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or

written work

v 1: give someone credit for something; "We credited her for

saving our jobs"

2: give credit for; "I credit you with saving his life" [syn: {accredit}]

3: enter as credit, in accounting [ant: {debit}]

4: have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of