credit
credit is a 6-letter English word with 24 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence.
- noun. Reputation derived from the confidence of others; esteem; honor; good name; estimation.
- noun. A ground of, or title to, belief or confidence; authority derived from character or reputation.
- noun. That which tends to procure, or add to, reputation or esteem; an honor.
- noun. Influence derived from the good opinion, confidence, or favor of others; interest.
- noun. Trust given or received; expectation of future playment for property transferred, or of fulfillment or promises given; mercantile reputation entitling one to be trusted; -- applied to individuals, corporations, communities, or nations; as, to buy goods on credit.
- noun. The time given for payment for lands or goods sold on trust; as, a long credit or a short credit.
- noun. The side of an account on which are entered all items reckoned as values received from the party or the category named at the head of the account; also, any one, or the sum, of these items; -- the opposite of debit; as, this sum is carried to one's credit, and that to his debit; A has several credits on the books of B.
- transitive verb. To confide in the truth of; to give credence to; to put trust in; to believe.
- transitive verb. To bring honor or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.
- transitive verb. To enter upon the credit side of an account; to give credit for; as, to credit the amount paid; to set to the credit of; as, to credit a man with the interest paid on a bond.
- noun. used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise
"she already had several performances to her credit"
- noun. recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours
- noun. an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments
- noun. 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"
- noun. approval
"give her recognition for trying"
"he was given credit for his work"
- noun. 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"
- noun. arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services
- noun. money available for a client to borrow
- noun. an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
- verb. have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of
- verb. give someone credit for something
"We credited her for saving our jobs"
- verb. ascribe an achievement to
"She was not properly credited in the program"
- verb. accounting: enter as credit
"We credit your account with $100"
Synonyms
recognition, acknowledgment, citation, cite, mention, quotation, reference, accredit
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in credit:
Common word forms
credits, credited, crediting, creditable, creditless
Words from these letters
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