Word: Credited
How to pronounce: ˈkredɪts
Noun
Definitions:
1. The ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future.
Example sentences: "I've got unlimited credit"
2. An entry recording a sum received, listed on the right-hand side or column of an account.
Example sentences: "The columns should be added across and down and the total debits should equal the total credits"
3. Public acknowledgement or praise, given or received when a person's responsibility for an action or idea becomes apparent.
Example sentences: "The Prime Minister was quick to claim the credit for abolishing the tax"
4. The acknowledgement of a student's completion of a course or activity that counts towards a degree or diploma as maintained in a school's records.
Example sentences: "A student can earn one unit of academic credit"
5. The quality of being believed or credited.
Example sentences: "The abstract philosophy of Cicero has lost its credit"
Verb
Definitions:
1. Publicly acknowledge a contributor's role in the production of (something published or broadcast)
Example sentences: "The screenplay is credited to one American and two Japanese writers"
2. Add (an amount of money) to an account.
Example sentences: "This deferred tax can be credited to the profit and loss account"
3. Believe (something surprising or unlikely)
Example sentences: "You would hardly credit it—but it was true"
Synonyms:
credit
Derivations:
crediting
creditable
credible
credit
creditor
creditably
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Credited in Other Languages...
Spanish: Acreditar
German: Entlastet
French:
Italian: Accreditare
Turkish: Itibarlı
