credit

n. money (in a bank account); money available for a person to borrow (from a bank or other source); deferred payment; trust, confidence; importance, respect; points earned (through study); recognition; thanks; entry on a list of people who contributed to a movie or written work

v. believe, have faith in, accept; bring honor or recognition to; supply goods by deferred payment; give credit to

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Noun
1. approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying"; "the credits were given at the end of the film"
(synonym) recognition
(hypernym) approval, commendation
(hyponym) memorial, commemoration, remembrance
2. money available for a client to borrow
(hypernym) assets
(hyponym) cheap money
3. an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
(synonym) credit entry
(antonym) debit, debit entry
(hypernym) entry, accounting entry, ledger entry
4. used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise; "she already had several performances to her credit";
(hypernym) accomplishment, achievement
5. arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services
(synonym) deferred payment
(antonym) cash, immediate payment
(hypernym) payment
6. recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours
(synonym) course credit
(hypernym) attainment
(hyponym) 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"
(synonym) citation, acknowledgment, reference, mention, quotation
(hypernym) note, annotation, notation
(hyponym) photo credit
(derivation) accredit
8. an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work
(hypernym) title
(part-holonym) movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick
(derivation) accredit

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Verb
1. give someone credit for something; "We credited her for saving our jobs"
(hypernym) impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
(derivation) recognition
2. give credit for; "She was not properly credited in the program"
(synonym) accredit
(hypernym) impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
(derivation) citation, acknowledgment, reference, mention, quotation
3. accounting: enter as credit; "We credit your account with $100"
(antonym) debit
(hypernym) account, calculate
(hyponym) finance
(derivation) credit entry
4. have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of
(hypernym) trust, swear, rely, bank
(hyponym) believe

nm. credence, credit, tick

n. credit, money (in a bank account)