credit
pronunciation
How to pronounce credit in British English:
UK [ˈkredɪt]
How to pronounce credit in American English:
US [ˈkredɪt]
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- Noun:
- approval
- money available for a client to borrow
- an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
- used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise
- arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services
- recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours
- a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
- an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work
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- Verb:
- give someone credit for something
- give credit for
- accounting: enter as credit
- have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of
Word Origin
- credit (n.)
- 1520s, from Middle French crédit (15c.) "belief, trust," from Italian credito, from Latin creditum "a loan, thing entrusted to another," from past participle of credere "to trust, entrust, believe" (see credo). The commercial sense was the original one in English (creditor is mid-15c.). Meaning "honor, acknowledgment of merit," is from c. 1600. Academic sense of "point for completing a course of study" is 1904. Movie/broadcasting sense is 1914. Credit rating is from 1958; credit union is 1881, American English.
- credit (v.)
- 1540s, from credit (n.). Related: Credited; crediting.
Example
- 1. It steers cheap credit to local champions .
- 2. Credit spreads continue to narrow .
- 3. But credit is now scarce .
- 4. Extra credit found its way into stock and property prices .
- 5. Many activists may be reluctant to give mr bush credit .