Credit | Mean of credit in English Dictionary

/ˈkrɛdɪt/

• Noun
• money that a bank or business will allow a person to use and then pay back in the future
1. banks that extend credit to the public
2. Some banks will charge a fee if you go over your credit limit. [=if you spend more money than the bank has agreed to let you use]
3. Back then, stores allowed their customers to buy food on credit.
• a record of how well you have paid your bills in the past
1. How's your credit?
2. Do you have good credit? [=have you paid back money you owe, paid your bills when they are due, etc.?]
3. You need to have a strong credit history and a good job in order to get a mortgage.
• an amount of money that is added to an account
1. A credit of $50 was added to your account.

• an amount of money that is subtracted from the amount that must be paid
1. Families with children in college will receive a tax credit this year. [=the amount that they owe in taxes will be reduced]
• praise or special attention that is given to someone for doing something or for making something happen
1. All the credit must go to the play's talented director.
2. She's finally getting the credit she deserves.
3. He shared the credit with his parents.
4. You've got to give her credit; she knows what she's doing.
5. They were given credit for the discovery.
6. He didn't actually write the essay, but he got credit for it.
7. You have to give us credit for trying. We did the best we could.
8. She never took credit for her achievements.
9. Party leaders took/claimed full credit for the country's progress. [=they claimed that they alone caused the country's progress]
10. In receiving this award, I must give credit where credit is due and acknowledge all the people who helped me.
• a good opinion that people have about someone or something
1. She is a talented journalist who has brought credit to the newspaper.
2. The fact that administrators fired the offending teacher immediately does the school credit.
3. It's to her credit that she admitted her mistake.
4. To his credit, Mr. Smith has offered to pay for the damages.
5. It does them no credit to continue fighting over this issue.
• a source of honor or pride for someone or something
1. You are a credit to your family and your country.
2. He's an excellent athlete and a credit to the sport.
• a list of the names of the people who have worked on or performed in a movie, television program, etc.
1. the movie's opening/closing credits
2. Her name was listed in the credits.
3. We always stay to watch the credits.
• a unit that measures a student's progress towards earning a degree in a school, college, etc.
1. So far, you've earned a total of 12 credits.
2. Our program gives academic credit for working with several social service organizations.
• the amount of points earned for work done on a test, exam, project, etc.
1. Students will only receive partial credit for correct answers that are not written as complete sentences.
2. To earn full credit [=the total amount of points possible] you must include at least three maps with your project.
3. Answer this last question correctly for extra credit.
4. They deserve respect for making the event happen, and they get extra credit for doing it in a way that included everyone.
• in the section of a financial record where credits are written
1. Enter these amounts on the credit side.
• Verb
• to add (an amount of money) to a total
1. Your payment of $38.50 has been credited to your account.
• to add money to (an account)
1. The bank is crediting your account for the full amount.
• to give honor or recognition to (someone or something) for doing something or for making something happen
1. The team's players all credit their coach [=they say their coach is responsible] for helping them succeed.
2. She credits her family with her success.
3. He was credited with saving their lives.
• to say that (something) is because of someone or something
1. She credits [=attributes] her success to her family's support.
2. They credited the rescue to his quick thinking.
• to think of (someone) as having a particular quality or effect
1. She is credited as (being) the first woman to play the sport professionally.
• to believe that (something) is true
1. It's hard to credit that anyone would want to buy this old car.