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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "credit"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to recognize and acknowledge someone's effort in achieving a specific thing
Ditransitive: to credit an achievement to a quality or effort
to credit definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The project 's success is credited to the teamwork of my colleagues.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ā§āϝ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻšāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻāϞāĻ—āϤ āĻ•āĻžāϜāϕ⧇ āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āϜāĻŽāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to add a sum of money to a bank account
Ditransitive: to credit a sum of money to an account | to credit an account with a sum of money
to credit definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The customer credited their savings account with a large sum of money from their inheritance.
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āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to acknowledge someone as the source, agent, or possessor of an action, achievement, or quality
Ditransitive: to credit sb with an achievement or quality
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The critics credited the director with the innovative storytelling and visual style of the film.
āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāĻ•āϰāĻž āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύ⧀ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϚāĻžāĻ•ā§āώ⧁āώ āĻļ⧈āϞ⧀āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāĻ•āϕ⧇ āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ­āϰāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to accept or trust the truth or validity of a statement, idea, or claim
Dialectbritish flagBritish
Transitive: to credit a statement or claim
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I find it difficult to credit the rumors about the celebrity's secret wedding, but stranger things have happened.
āϏ⧇āϞāĻŋāĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϗ⧁āϜāĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧇ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ…āĻĻā§āϭ⧁āϤ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āϘāĻŸā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāϟ, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ

(plural) a list of names at the start or end of a TV program or movie acknowledging the people involved in its production
credit definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The credits included the names of the actors, directors, and producers.
āĻ•ā§āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāϟāϏ-āĻ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύ⧇āϤāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāϝ⧋āϜāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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the ability to obtain goods, services, or funds based on trust, allowing payment to be deferred

credit definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The store extended credit to loyal customers.
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formal approval, acknowledgment, or commendation

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team was given credit for completing the project ahead of schedule.
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āĻ•ā§āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāϟ, āϜāĻŽāĻž

an entry recording an increase in assets or a decrease in liabilities in an accounting system, typically on the right side of a ledger account
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bank loan repayment was recorded as a credit in the liabilities account.
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻ• āĻ‹āĻŖ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§‹āϧ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻž āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāϟ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāϟ, āĻ•ā§āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāϟ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ

a system where a customer is given access to goods or services with the promise of paying later, often after an advance payment or agreement
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He built up credit with the supplier by paying in advance for future deliveries.
āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ⧇āϰ āĻĄā§‡āϞāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϰāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāĻŋāĻŽ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāϰāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻšāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāϟ āĻ—āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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recognition by an educational institution that a course or unit has been successfully completed, often quantified in hours

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Students need 120 credits to graduate.
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an estimate of a person's or organization's ability to meet financial obligations, based on past performance

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Businesses often review credit before approving loans.
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a note acknowledging the source of information, quotations, or contributions

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She gave credit to the researcher in her report.
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a motion picture, TV, radio program, or other production to which someone has contributed

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
That TV show marked his debut credit as a writer.

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