credit

Noun

• an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments

• 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
    

• 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
    

• recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours

• arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services

• used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise;
  • she already had several performances to her credit
    

• an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items

• money available for a client to borrow

• approval
  • give her recognition for trying
    
  • he was given credit for his work
    
  • give her credit for trying
    

Verb

• have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of

• accounting: enter as credit
  • We credit your account with $100
    

• ascribe an achievement to
  • She was not properly credited in the program
    

• give someone credit for something
  • We credited her for saving our jobs
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  credit rating , citation , cite , acknowledgment , reference , mention , quotation , course credit , deferred payment , credit entry , recognition , accredit
• Antonyms: 
  cash , immediate payment , debit , debit entry