Definition of credit

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Credit (n.) Trust given or received; expectation of future playment for property transferred, or of fulfillment or promises given; mercantile reputation entitling one to be trusted; -- applied to individuals, corporations, communities, or nations; as, to buy goods on credit..

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Bilk :: Bilk (n.) A person who tricks a creditor; an untrustworthy, tricky person..
Accredit :: Accredit (v. t.) To credit; to vouch for or consider (some one) as doing something, or (something) as belonging to some one..
Surcharge :: Surcharge (v. t.) To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.
Implicate :: Implicate (v. t.) To bring into connection with; to involve; to connect; -- applied to persons, in an unfavorable sense; as, the evidence implicates many in this conspiracy; to be implicated in a crime, a discreditable transaction, a fault, etc..
Credit :: Credit (v. t.) To enter upon the credit side of an account; to give credit for; as, to credit the amount paid; to set to the credit of; as, to credit a man with the interest paid on a bond..
Detract :: Detract (v. t.) To take credit or reputation from; to defame.
Disrepute :: Disrepute (n.) Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit.
Believe :: Believe (n.) To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of the mind, or by circumstances other than personal knowledge; to regard or accept as true; to place confidence in; to think; to consider; as, to believe a person, a statement, or a doctrine..
Disbelief :: Disbelief (n.) The act of disbelieving;; a state of the mind in which one is fully persuaded that an opinion, assertion, or doctrine is not true; refusal of assent, credit, or credence; denial of belief..
Creditable :: Creditable (a.) Bringing credit, reputation, or honor; honorable; as, such conduct is highly creditable to him..
Game :: Game (v. i.) In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest..
Daybook :: Daybook (n.) A journal of accounts; a primary record book in which are recorded the debts and credits, or accounts of the day, in their order, and from which they are transferred to the journal..
Kite :: Kite (n.) Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill..
Stretch :: Stretch (v. t.) To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit..
Therapeutae :: Therapeutae (n. pl.) A name given to certain ascetics said to have anciently dwelt in the neighborhood of Alexandria. They are described in a work attributed to Philo, the genuineness and credibility of which are now much discredited..
Kiteflying :: Kiteflying (n.) A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal; -- called also kiting..
Accredit :: Accredit (v. t.) To believe; to credit; to put trust in.
Bolt :: Bolt (v. i.) A sudden flight, as to escape creditors..
Creditably :: Creditably (adv.) In a creditable manner; reputably; with credit.
Satisfy :: Satisfy (a.) To pay to the extent of claims or deserts; to give what is due to; as, to satisfy a creditor..
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