Credited Meaning and Definition

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