📒 an arrangement that you make, with a shop for example, to pay later for something you buy
- to get credit
- on credit We bought the dishwasher on credit.
- to offer interest-free credit (= allow somebody to pay later, without any extra charge)
📒 money that you borrow from a bank; a loan
- The bank refused further credit to the company.
- Local lenders are more likely to extend credit (= lend money) to smaller, more marginal borrowers.
- We propose to expand credit in order to create demand.
📒 the status of being trusted to pay back money to somebody who lends it to you
- Her credit isn't good anywhere now.
📒 money that you have in your bank account; if you or your bank account are in credit, there is money in the account
- You have a credit balance of £250.
- My account is in credit.
📒 a sum of money paid into a bank account; a record of the payment
- a credit of £50
- You'll be paid by direct credit into your bank account.
- I have three credits on my bank statement.
📒 the right to use a service up to a certain limit, paid for in advance
- My phone's run out of credit.
- to add credit to your phone
📒 a payment that somebody has a right to for a particular reason
- The child tax credit is subject to strict income limitations.
- Export credits are granted to firms in developing countries to give them a breathing space to pay for goods exported to them.
📒 praise or approval because you are responsible for something good that has happened
- to get/deserve/receive/take/claim the credit
- He's a player who rarely seems to get the credit he deserves.
- We did all the work and she gets all the credit!
📒 a person or thing whose qualities or achievements are praised and who therefore earns respect for somebody/something else
- She is a credit to the school.
- Your children are a great credit to you.
📒 the act of mentioning somebody who worked on a project such as a film or a television programme
- She was given a programme credit for her work on the costumes for the play.
- The credits (= the list of all the people involved) seemed to last almost as long as the film!
- From the opening credits, the movie is non-stop action.
📒 a film, play, television programme, etc. that somebody has worked on
- His film credits included ‘The Witches’ and ‘Halloween III’.
📒 a unit of study at a college or university (in the US, also at a school); the fact of having successfully completed a unit of study
- My math class is worth three credits.
- Participants were given a course credit for their participation in the study.
- Students may have difficulty transferring credits to other institutions.
📒 if something does credit to a person or an organization, they deserve to be praised for it
- Your honesty does you great credit.
- Your concern does you credit.
📒 to give somebody the praise they deserve, even if you do not really want to
- Give credit where credit is due—what the man does, he does well.
📒 to have achieved something
- He's only 30, and he already has four novels to his credit.
📒 used to introduce the good points about somebody/something, especially after the bad points have been mentioned
- On the credit side, she’s always willing to work very late.
📒 making somebody deserve praise or respect
- To his credit, Jack never told anyone exactly what had happened.
- It was to her credit that she managed to stay calm.
- To his credit, he gave them lunch.