credit
1. approval (Freq. 7)
- give her recognition for trying
- he was given credit for his work
- give her credit for trying
• Syn:
recognition
• Hypernyms:
approval, commendation
• Hyponyms:
memorial, commemoration, remembrance, ovation, standing ovation,
salute, salutation
2. money available for a client to borrow (Freq. 5)
• Hypernyms:
assets
• Hyponyms:
cheap money, export credit, import credit, credit line, line of credit,
bank line, line, personal credit line, personal line of credit, commercial credit, letter of credit
3. an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
credit entry
• Ant:
debit
• Hypernyms:
entry, accounting entry, ledger entry
4. used in the phrase 'to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise (Freq. 3)
- she already had several performances to her credit
• Hypernyms:
accomplishment, achievement
5. arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
deferred payment
• Ant:
cash
• Hypernyms:
payment
6. recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed;
typically measured in semester hours (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
course credit
• Hypernyms:
attainment
• Hyponyms:
semester hour, credit hour
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, reference, mention, quotation
• Derivationally related forms:
mention (for: mention), reference (for: reference), acknowledge (for: acknowledgment), cite (for: citation)
• Hypernyms:
note, annotation, notation
• Hyponyms:
photo credit, cross-reference, cross-index
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
• Hypernyms:
title
• Part Holonyms:
movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show,
motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick
9. an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments
• Syn:
credit rating
• Hypernyms:
estimate, estimation, approximation, idea
1. give someone credit for something (Freq. 4)
- We credited her for saving our jobs
• Hypernyms:
impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody with something
2. ascribe an achievement to (Freq. 3)
- She was not properly credited in the program
• Syn:
accredit
• Hypernyms:
impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s PP
3. accounting: enter as credit (Freq. 2)
- We credit your account with $100
• Ant:
debit
• Derivationally related forms:
creditor
• Hypernyms:
account, calculate
• Hyponyms:
finance
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody with something
4. have trust in;
trust in the truth or veracity of (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
trust, swear, rely, bank
• Hyponyms:
believe
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
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