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Meaning of credit

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  credit
      n 1: approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given
           credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying" [syn:
           {recognition}, {credit}]
      2: money available for a client to borrow
      3: an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
         [syn: {credit}, {credit entry}] [ant: {debit}, {debit entry}]
      4: used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an
         achievement deserving praise; "she already had several
         performances to her credit";
      5: arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services [syn:
         {credit}, {deferred payment}] [ant: {cash}, {immediate
         payment}]
      6: recognition by a college or university that a course of
         studies has been successfully completed; typically measured
         in semester hours [syn: {credit}, {course credit}]
      7: 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"; "the article includes
         mention of similar clinical cases" [syn: {citation}, {cite},
         {acknowledgment}, {credit}, {reference}, {mention},
         {quotation}]
      8: 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"
      9: an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an
         organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments
         [syn: {credit rating}, {credit}]
      v 1: give someone credit for something; "We credited her for
           saving our jobs"
      2: ascribe an achievement to; "She was not properly credited in
         the program" [syn: {accredit}, {credit}]
      3: accounting: enter as credit; "We credit your account with
         $100" [ant: {debit}]
      4: have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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