1 a method of paying for goods or services at a later time, usually paying interest as well as the original money:
2 a unit that represents a successfully finished part of an educational course:
3 a list of people who helped to make a film or a television or radio programme, that is shown or announced at the beginning or the end of it
6 a method of buying goods or services that allows you to pay for them in the future:
7 praise or approval, esp. to recognize achievement:
8 an amount of money available to you because you paid for something earlier, or a record of this money:
9 a unit of measurement of the value contributed by an educational course to a college degree:
11 a method of paying for goods or services at a later time, usually paying interest as well as the original amount:
12 the money lent by financial organizations to companies, governments, people, etc.:
domestic/foreign/international credit The central bank attributed the rise in domestic credit during the period to a rise in private sector credit.
cheap/affordable/easy credit Rising house prices were fueled by easy credit.
Agricultural borrowers are concerned about credit availability as the farm economy weakens.
13 the amount of risk when lending money to a particular person or organization, based on how likely they are to pay it back:
15 if a person or their bank account is in credit, there is money in the account:
16 an amount recorded on the right side of a company's financial accounts, which shows a decrease in assets or an increase in debt:
The accounting system automatically generates a credit to the account that was debited.
17 an amount by which someone is allowed to reduce the amount of tax they pay, because they have spent money on a particular thing:
He introduced a new tax break in the form of a child-care credit.
18 an amount of money that you have available to spend with a store or business, for example, because you returned a product or paid too much for it:
19 praise for doing something good:
20 to show that money has been added to something such as an account:
When dividends are received the shareholder's account will be credited.
credit sth with €10/€1000, etc. Within a week my card was credited with the $219 difference.
credit €10/€1000, etc. to sth The bank mistakenly credited almost $1 million to his account.
21 to record an amount on the right side of a company's financial accounts to show a decrease in assets or an increase in debt:
credit sth to sth A fair amount should be periodically credited to 'reserve' for depreciation.
He has a good credit history .
The government has imposed a sharp credit squeeze in an attempt to hold down inflation.
We can get a year's interest-free credit on a sofa.
Her credit is good .
They've credited my account with another £100.
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