Borrowed fromMiddle Frenchcrédit(“belief, trust”), fromLatincrēditum(“a loan, credit”), neuter ofcrēditus, past participle ofcrēdere(“to believe”). The verb is from the noun.Doublet ofshraddha,creed.

• IPA^(key):/ˈkɹɛdɪt/

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• Rhymes:-ɛdɪt

credit (third-person singular simple presentcredits,present participlecrediting,simple past and past participlecredited)

1. (transitive) Tobelieve; to putcredence in.

   Synonyms:accept,believe

   Someone said there were over 100,000 people there, but I can'tcredit that.

   • c.1604–1605 (date written),William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene iii]:

     How shall theycredit
     A poor unlearned virgin?

   • 1777,Richard Brinsley Sheridan,The School for Scandal, IV.iii:

     [T]he Heart that is conscious of its own integrity is ever slowest tocredit another's Treachery.

   • 1952,Daphne du Maurier, “Monte Verità”, inThe Apple Tree:

     She said quite naturally, as if nothing had happened, “I want you to go back home, Victor darling. You mustn’t worry about me any more.”’ Victor told me he could hardlycredit it, at first, that she could stand there and say this to him.

2. (transitive,accounting) To add to an account.

   Antonym:debit

   Credit accounts receivable with the amount of the invoice.

   For the payroll periodcredit employees' tips to their wages paid account and debit their minimum wage payable account.

   The full amount of the purchase has beencredited to your account.

3. (transitive) To acknowledge the contribution of.

   Icredit the town council with restoring the shopping district.

   Credit the point guard with another assist.

4. (transitive) To bring honour or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.
   • 1692–1717,Robert South,Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume(please specify |volume=I to VI), London:

     Youcredit the church as much by your government as you did the school formerly by your wit.

credit (countable anduncountable,pluralcredits)

1. Reliance on the truth of something said or done; faith; trust.
   • 1611,The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker, […],→OCLC,1 Maccabees10:46:

     When Jonathan and the people heard these words they gave nocredit into them, nor received them.

2. (uncountable)Recognition,respect andadmiration.

   I give youcredit for owning up to your mistake.

   He arrived five minutes late, but to hiscredit he did work an extra ten minutes at the end of his shift.

   • 1782,William Cowper, “The Diverting History of John Gilpin, […]”, inThe Task, a Poem, […], London:[…]J[oseph] Johnson; […], published1785,→OCLC,page343:

     John Gilpin was a citizen
     Ofcredit and renown,
     A train-band Captain eke was he
     Of famous London town.

   • 1946 July and August, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, inRailway Magazine, page213:

     The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatestcredit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order.

   • 2011 December 10, David Ornstein quotingDavid Moyes, “Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton”, inBBC Sport‎^[1]:

     "I've got to givecredit to Van Persie, it was a great goal. We didn't mean to give them chances but they're a good team."

   • 2017 February 23, Katie Rife, “The Girl With All The Gifts tries to put a fresh spin on overripe zombie clichés”, inThe Onion AV Club‎^[2]:

     You have to give director Colm McCarthy, a Scottish TV veteran making his feature film debut, and writer Mike Carey, adapting his own novel,credit for attempting the seemingly impossible task of doing something new with the zombie subgenre.

3. (countable) Acknowledgement of a contribution, especially in theperforming arts.

   She received a singingcredit in last year's operetta.

   • 2020 November 1, Alan Young, “His first major actingcredit came in 1957 British gangster film No Road Back.”, inThe Scotsman‎^[3]:
4. (television/film, usually in theplural) Writtentitles and other information about the TV program or movie shown at the beginning and/or end of the TV program or movie.

   They kissed, and then thecredits rolled.

6. (uncountable,law,business,finance) A privilege of delayed payment extended to a buyer or borrower on the seller's or lender's belief that what is given will be repaid.

   In view of your payment record, we are happy to extend furthercredit to you.

7. The time given for payment for something sold on trust.

   a longcredit or a shortcredit

8. (uncountable,US) A person'scredit rating orcreditworthiness, as represented by their history of borrowing and repayment (or non payment).

   What do you mean mycredit is no good?

9. (accounting) An addition to certain accounts; the side of an account on which payments received are entered.
10. (tax accounting) A reduction in taxes owed, or a refund for excess taxes paid.

    Didn't you know that the IRS will refund any excess payroll taxes that you paid if you use the 45(B) general businesscredit?

11. A source ofvalue,distinction orhonour.

    That engineer is acredit to the team.

    • 1836,Henry Francis Cary,The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope.: The Author's Preface:

      I published, because I was told I might please such as it was acredit to please.

12. (science fiction) A unit ofcurrency used in a fictional universe or timeframe.

    To repair your star cruiser will cost 100,000credits.

    • 1934 December, John W. Campbell, Jr., “The Mightiest Machine”, inAstounding Stories, volume XIV, number 4, Street & Smith, page12:

      Aside from the fact that she means nearly ten millioncredits investment, which no one will insure on this trip, there will necessarily be seventy-three men aboard.

    • 2008,BioWare,Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts,→ISBN,→OCLC, PC, scene: Credits ("Creds") Codex entry:

      The standardcredit was established by the Citadel's Unified Banking Act as the currency of interstellar trade. Thecredit has a managed floating exchange rate, calculated in real time by the central bank to maintain the average value of all participating currencies. Some regional currencies are worth more than acredit and some less.

    • 2016, A.K. Brown,Jumpstart (Champagne Universe Series: Book 1), page19:

      "First the Patrons wipe-out our home world, now you blow any chance of us making anycredits," Kane said in his gruff sinking voice.

13. A nominal unit of value assigned outside of a currency system.

    Would you like to play? I put in a dollar and I've got twocredits left.

    • 2012, Brian Carter, Justin Levy,Facebook Marketing, Que Publishing,→ISBN,page178:

      Facebook Credits are a virtual currency used only on Facebook that debuted in May 2009. Tencredits are equal to one dollar. Facebook keeps 30% of all Facebook Credit transactions.

14. (uncountable) Recognition for having taken a course (class).

    If you do not come to class, you will not getcredit for the class, regardless of how well you do on the final.

15. (countable) Acourse credit, a credit hour – used as measure if enough courses have been taken for graduation.

    Dude, I just need 3 morecredits to graduate – I can take socio-linguistics of Swahili if I want.

• (course credit, credit hour):unit

• credible

• “credit”, inOneLook Dictionary Search.
• credit inKeywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• William Dwight Whitney,Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “credit”, inThe Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,→OCLC.

• direct,triced

crēdit

1. third-personsingularpresentactiveindicative ofcrēdō

Borrowed fromFrenchcrédit.

credit n (pluralcredite)

1. credit

• (Short form)cre

Borrowed fromEnglishcredit.

• (Hà Nội)IPA^(key):[kɹɛ˧˧ ʔɗit̚˧˦]
• (Huế)IPA^(key):[kɹɛ˧˧ ʔɗit̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon)IPA^(key):[kɹɛ˧˧ ʔɗɨt̚˦˥]
• Phonetic spelling: cre đít

credit

1. credit(acknowledgement of a contribution)

credit

1. tocredit theauthor of something

• (North Wales)IPA^(key):/ˈkrɛdɪt/
• (South Wales)IPA^(key):/ˈkreːdɪt/,/ˈkrɛdɪt/

credit(literary)

1. second-personsingularimperfect/conditional ofcredu

credit m (pluralcreditau)

1. Alternative form ofcredyd(“credit”)