credit
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- n approval
he was given credit for his work
give her credit for trying - n money available for a client to borrow
- n an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
- n used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise;
she already had several performances to her credit - n arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services
- n recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours
- n a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
- n 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 - n an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments
- v give someone credit for something
We credited her for saving our jobs - v ascribe an achievement to
She was not properly credited in the program - v accounting: enter as credit
We credit your account with $100 - v have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of
- Unhappy with the predictive value of credit scores, lenders look for more personal data.
- If politicians can't agree to renew credits for businesses that create renewable power, both the economy and the environment will suffer.
- An op-ed in today's NYT argues that despite new legislation restricting the fees credit-card companies can charge consumers, there's a decent chance that your good-citizen .