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credit
has definitions from the fields of education,linguistics,film,writing,business,finance,accounting
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[ noun ] approval
Synonyms Examples "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" Used in print (The Providence Journal...)It is greatly to Berman 's credit that he made no attempt to outdo Ray_Bolger . (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)In carrying_out this program science has undoubtedly performed a very considerable service for which it can claim due credit . (Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)Land_reform programs need to be supplemented with programs for promoting rural credits and technical assistance in agriculture . (William Maxwell, The Chateau....)`` Le petit_dejeuner '' , Harold said , in an accent that did credit to Miss_Sloan , his high-school French_teacher . (Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)A major portion of the credit should also go to flautist Haumd for his rendering of the almost impossible `` Indianapolis '' movement in the Baslot . |
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[ noun ] (finance) money available for a client to borrow
Used in print (Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)The system is composed of three credit services , Federal_Land_Banks and National_Farm_Loan_Associations , Federal_Intermediate ( short-term ) Credit_Banks , and Banks_for_Cooperatives . This system provides long - and short-term credit to farmers and their cooperative marketing , purchasing , and business service organizations . The credit provdied by the first two services in the system outlined above is primarily for general agricultural purposes . The third credit service , Banks_for_Cooperatives , exists under authority of the Farm_Credit_Act_of_1933 . The Banks_for_Cooperatives were established to provide a permanent source of credit on a sound basis for farmers ' cooperatives . |
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[ verb ] give someone credit for something
Examples "We credited her for saving our jobs" Used in print (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)The police credited him with twenty-five murders but he was never brought to trial for one of them . (William C. Smith, "Why Fear Ideas?"...)Those who would suppress dangerous thoughts , credit ideas with high potency . (Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)It is also possible , but equally doubtful , that he actually shot down the hundreds of men with which his legend credits him . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (accounting) an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
Synonyms Used in print (Legislation on Foreign Relations. Committee on Foreign...)Any and all payments required to be made by the Secretary_of_the_Treasury under this title pursuant to any award made by the Commission to the Government of the United_States shall be covered into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts . All amounts so deducted shall be covered into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts . There shall be covered into the Treasury to the credit of the proper special fund all funds hereinafter specified . All payments authorized under section 7 of_this Title shall be disbursed from the proper fund , as the case may be , and all amounts covered into the Treasury to the credit of the aforesaid funds are hereby permanently appropriated for the making of the payments authorized by section 7 of_this Title . |
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[ noun ] used in the phrase "to your credit" to indicate an achievement deserving praise
Examples "she already had several performances to her credit" Used in print (Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)For_example , to move ( as the score requires ) from the lowest F major register up_to a barely audible N minor in four seconds , not skipping , at_the_same_time , even one of the 407 fingerings , seems a feat too absurd to consider , and it is to the flautist 's credit that he remained silent throughout the passage . Related terms |
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[ verb ] give credit for
Synonyms Examples "I credit you with saving his life" Used in print (Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)The suburban branch is thereby credited with a sale which would have been made even if its glass doors had never opened . |
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[ verb ] (accounting) accounting: enter as credit
Examples "We credit your account with $100" Used in print (Your Federal Income Tax. 1962 Edition (Revised to...)If you file a Form_1040 , you should indicate in the place provided that there is an overpayment of tax and the amount you want refunded and the amount you want credited against your estimated tax . |
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[ noun ] (business) arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services
Synonyms Used in print (Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)To qualify for either type of loan , an applicant must be a small business or approved small business `` pool '' and must meet certain credit requirements . The credit requirements stipulate that the applicant must have the ability to operate the business successfully and have enough capital in the business so that , with loan assistance from the SBA , it will be able to operate on a sound financial basis . |
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[ noun ] (education) recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours
Synonyms Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)Grover also would require junior senior_high teachers to have at_least 24 semester_hours credit in the subject they are teaching . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (writing) a short note acknowledging a source of information or quoting a passage
Synonyms Examples "the student's essay failed to list several important citations" "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases" Related terms note cross-reference photo_credit mention reference notice adduce |
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