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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary cred·it
ETYMOLOGY Middle French, from Old Italian credito, from Latin creditum something entrusted to another, loan, from neuter of creditus, past participle of credere to believe, entrust — more at creed DATE 1537 1. reliance on the truth or reality of something gave credit to everything he said 2. a. the balance in a person's favor in an account b. an amount or sum placed at a person's disposal by a bank c. the provision of money, goods, or services with the expectation of future payment long-term credit also : money, goods, or services so provided exhausted their credit d. (1) an entry on the right-hand side of an account constituting an addition to a revenue, net worth, or liability account (2) a deduction from an expense or asset account e. any one of or the sum of the items entered on the right-hand side of an account f. a deduction from an amount otherwise due 3. a. influence or power derived from enjoying the confidence of another or others b. good name : esteem ; also : financial or commercial trustworthiness4. archaic : credibility 5. a source of honor a credit to the school 6. a. something that gains or adds to reputation or esteem : honor took no credit for his kindly act b. recognition , acknowledgment quite willing to accept undeserved credit 7. recognition by name of a person contributing to a performance (as a film or telecast) the opening credits 8. a. recognition by a school or college that a student has fulfilled a requirement leading to a degree b. credit hour Synonyms: see belief , influence
transitive verb ETYMOLOGY partly from credit (I); partly from Latin creditus,past participle DATE circa 1530 1. to trust in the truth of : believe find his story hard to credit 2. to supply goods on credit to 3. archaic : to bring credit or honor upon 4. a. to enter upon the credit side of an account b. to place an amount to the credit of credit his account with ten dollars 5. a. to consider usually favorably as the source, agent, or performer of an action or the possessor of a trait credits him with an excellent sense of humor b. to attribute to some person they credit the invention to him Synonyms: see ascribe English Etymology credit 1520s, from L. creditum "a loan, thing entrusted to another," from pp. of credere "to trust, entrust, believe." The commercial sense was the original one in English (creditor is mid-15c.). Meaning "honor, acknowledgment of merit," is from c.1600. Academic sense of "point for completing a course of study" is 1904. Movie/broadcasting sense is 1914. Related: Creditable (1520s); creditability (1886). Credit rating is from 1958; credit union is 1881, Amer.Eng. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ credit credit / 5kredit / nounBUY NOW&NDASH;PAY LATER 赊购 1. [U] an arrangement that you make, with a shop / store for example, to pay later for sth you buy 赊购；赊欠: to get / refuse credit 允许/拒绝赊购 We bought the dishwasher on credit. 我们赊购了一台洗碗机。 to offer interest-free credit (= allow sb to pay later, without any extra charge) 提供免息赊购 a credit agreement 信贷协定 credit facilities / terms 信贷业务；赊欠期 Your credit limit is now £2 000. 你的信用额度现在为 2 000 英镑。 He's a bad credit risk (= he is unlikely to pay the money later). 他有欠账不还的危险。 ⇨ compare hire purchase MONEY BORROWED 借款 2. [U, C] money that you borrow from a bank; a loan (从银行借的)借款；贷款: The bank refused further credit to the company. 银行拒绝再给那家公司提供贷款。 3. [U] the status of being trusted to pay back money to sb who lends it to you (借钱偿还的)信誉,信用: Her credit isn't good anywhere now. 她借钱不还,弄得声名狼藉。 MONEY IN BANK 银行存款 4. [U] if you or your bank account are in credit, there is money in the account 结余 5. [C, U] a sum of money paid into a bank account; a record of the payment (付入银行账户的)存款金额,贷记: a credit of £50 50 英镑的贷记 You'll be paid by direct credit into your bank account. 给你的付款将直接贷记你方银行账户。 OPP debit MONEY BACK 返回的钱 6. [C, U] (technical 术语) a payment that sb has a right to for a particular reason 有权索要的款项: a tax credit 课税扣除 PRAISE 赞扬 7. [U] ~ (for sth) praise or approval because you are responsible for sth good that has happened 赞扬；称赞；认可: He's a player who rarely seems to get the credit he deserves. 他这个选手好像很少得到应得的赞扬。 I can't take all the credit for the show's success—it was a team effort. 演出成功不能都算成我一个人的功劳,这是集体努力的结果。 We did all the work and she gets all the credit! 工作都是我们干的,而功劳却都归了她！ Credit will be given in the exam for good spelling and grammar. 考试中拼写和语法出色者将受到表扬。 At least give him credit for trying (= praise him because he tried, even if he did not succeed). 至少该表扬他尝试过。 ⇨ compare blame , discredit 8. [sing.] ~ to sb / sth a person or thing whose qualities or achievements are praised and who therefore earns respect for sb / sth else 为…赢得荣誉的人(或事物)；因…受到尊重的人(或事物): She is a credit to the school. 她为学校赢得了荣誉。 ON MOVIE / TV PROGRAMME 电影；电视节目 9. [C, usually pl.] the act of mentioning sb who worked on a project such as a film / movie or a television programme (电影或电视节目演职人员的)片头字幕,片尾字幕: She was given a programme credit for her work on the costumes for the play. 她为这出戏准备服装,被列入剧目制作人员名单。 The credits (= the list of all the people involved) seemed to last almost as long as the film! 演职人员字幕持续的时间几乎与这部电影一样长！ UNIT OF STUDY 学习单元 10. [C] 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 (大学,以及美国中小学的)学习单元；学分: My math class is worth three credits. 我的数学课为三个学分。 IDIOMS ▪ do sb credit | do credit to sb / sth if sth does credit to a person or an organization, they deserve to be praised for it 使值得赞扬(或表扬): Your honesty does you great credit. 你的诚实值得大大表扬。 ▪ have sth to your credit to have achieved sth 完成；取得: He's only 30, and he already has four novels to his credit. 他年仅 30 岁,却已着有四部小说。 ▪ on the 'credit side used to introduce the good points about sb / sth, especially after the bad points have been mentioned (尤用于提及缺点之后)就优点方面而言 ▪ to sb's credit making sb deserve praise or respect 使值得赞扬；使受尊重: To his credit, Jack never told anyone exactly what had happened. 杰克对所发生的事守口如瓶,值得赞扬。 verbPUT MONEY IN BANK 往银行存钱 1. [VN] ~ A (with B) | ~ B (to A) to add an amount of money to sb's bank account (给银行账户)存入金额；把…记入贷方；贷记(银行账户): Your account has been credited with $50 000. 已把 5 万元存入你的账户。 $50 000 has been credited to your account. 已把 5 万元存入你的账户。 OPP debit WITH ACHIEVEMENT 成就 2. [VN] [usually passive] ~ A with B | ~ B to A to believe or say that sb is responsible for doing sth, especially sth good 认为是…的功劳；把…归于: The company is credited with inventing the industrial robot. 发明工业机器人是那家公司的功劳。 The invention of the industrial robot is credited to the company. 工业机器人的发明应归功于那家公司。 All the contributors are credited on the title page. 所有撰稿人的姓名均刊登在扉页上。 WITH QUALITY 品质 3. [VN] ~ A with B to believe that sb / sth has a particular good quality or feature 认为…有(良好的品质或特点): I credited you with a little more sense. 我认为你更有见识。 4. [VN] [usually passive] ~ sb / sth as sth to believe that sb / sth is of a particular type or quality 认为…属(某种类或性质): The cheetah is generally credited as the world's fastest animal. 普遍认为猎豹是世界上跑得最快的动物。 BELIEVE 相信 5. (BrE) (used mainly in questions and negative sentences 主要用于疑问句和否定句) to believe sth, especially sth surprising or unexpected 相信(尤指令人惊奇或意外的事物): ▪ [VN] He's been promoted—would you credit it? 他被提升了,你相信吗？ ▪ [also V wh- also V that] Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English credit verb 1 put money in the bank PREP. with The bank credited the oil company with £500,000. PHRASES credit sth to sb's account 2 with an achievement/quality PREP. with I credited you with a little more sense. PHRASES be credited as/with sth She is generally credited as having written over 50 novels. | be credited to sb The work has been credited to a sixteenth century bishop. | be generally/widely credited with sth He is widely credited with having started the Middle East peace process. 3 believe VERB + CREDIT can/could hardly/scarcely I could hardly credit it when she told me she was leaving. | be hard to I find what he says rather hard to credit. OLT credit noun ⇨ loan (interest-free credit)⇨ praise (give sb credit for sth) Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: letter of credit , or line of credit , or mercantile credit , or retail credit , or revolving credit , or revolving letter of credit , or social credit , or bill of credit , or swing credit , or traveler's letter of credit , or advanced credit , or circular letter of credit , or commercial letter of credit , or confirmed letter of credit , or credit currency , or cash credit , or commercial credit , or commercial credit company , or confirmed credit , or consumer credit , or credit card , or credit hour , or credit instrument , or credit insurance , or credit life insurance , or credit line , or credit man , or credit manager , or credit memorandum , or credit money, or credit rating , or credit slip , or credit union , or deferred credit , or export credit , or acceptance credit , or frozen credit , or full faith and credit , or import credit cred·it I. \ˈkredə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle French, reputation, commercial credit, from Old Italian credito, from Latin creditum loan, from neuter of creditus, past participle of credere 1. a. : the balance in a person's favor in an account; also : an amount or limit to the extent of which a person may receive goods or money for payment in the future b. : an amount or sum placed at a person's disposal by a bank : a loan of money c. : time given for payment for goods or services sold for future payment < long-term credit > d. (1) : an entry on the right-hand side of an account constituting an addition to a revenue, net worth, or liability account (2) : a deduction from an expense or asset account e. : any one of or the sum of the items entered on the right-hand side of an account — abbr. cr; ; opposed to debit f. : a sum of money (as to meet unexpected demands) voted by the British parliament for use during the fiscal year by the administration < votes of credit > g. : a deduction from an amount otherwise due < a tax credit for dividends received > < a credit for returned goods > 2. a. : reliance on the truth or reality of something : belief , faith , trust < give no credit to these idle rumors > b. obsolete : something believed : a believed report 3. a. : influence or power derived from enjoying the confidence of another or others : standing < I will use my credit with her to persuade her to go > b. : reputation especially when favorable : good name : esteem < he lived with credit in the village > also : financial or commercial trustworthiness : reputation entitling one to be trusted with money or goods advanced 4. archaic : the quality of being believed or of being worthy of belief : authority causing belief : credibility 5. : a source of honor < he was a credit to his family > 6. a. : something that gains or adds to reputation or esteem : honor < he took no credit for his generous act > < it is to his credit that he acknowledged his error > b. : recognition , acknowledgment , ascription < he did not actually write the book, but he got credit for it > c. : a printed or spoken acknowledgment of the authorship, source, or ownership of material used in a publication or in a play, motion picture, or radio or television program d. : a recognition by name of a person contributing to a performance (as the author, director, or producer of a broadcast, telecast, or stage play) e. : recognition by a school or college typically measured in credit hours that a student has fulfilled a requirement leading to a degree (as by completing a course) Synonyms: see belief , influence II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: partly from Latin creditus (past participle of credere); partly from credit (I) 1. a. : to supply goods on credit to b. obsolete : entrust 2. : to trust in the truth of : believe < if we can credit ancient reports > 3. archaic : to bring credit or honor upon 4. : to enter upon the credit side of an account : give credit for :place to the credit of — opposed to debit 5. : to give credit to: as a. : to consider usually favorably as the source, author, motivating agent, or performer of an action or as possessor of a trait — usually used with with < Rivera, who is credited with introducing the spermaceti industry to the colonies — American Guide Series: Rhode Island > < we are credited with hospitality, good nature, and high sexual morality — H.L.Carter > b. : to attribute (as an act or a trait) to some person — usually used with to < they credit the invention to him > Synonyms: see
ascribe ncredoMerriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionarycred·it
ETYMOLOGY Middle French, from Old Italian credito, from Latin creditum something entrusted to another, loan, from neuter of creditus, past participle of credere to believe, entrust — more at creed DATE 1537 1. reliance on the truth or reality of something gave credit to everything he said 2. a. the balance in a person's favor in an account b. an amount or sum placed at a person's disposal by a bank c. the provision of money, goods, or services with the expectation of future payment long-term credit also : money, goods, or services so provided exhausted their credit d. (1) an entry on the right-hand side of an account constituting an addition to a revenue, net worth, or liability account (2) a deduction from an expense or asset account e. any one of or the sum of the items entered on the right-hand side of an account f. a deduction from an amount otherwise due 3. a. influence or power derived from enjoying the confidence of another or others b. good name : esteem ; also : financial or commercial trustworthiness4. archaic : credibility 5. a source of honor a credit to the school 6. a. something that gains or adds to reputation or esteem : honor took no credit for his kindly act b. recognition , acknowledgment quite willing to accept undeserved credit 7. recognition by name of a person contributing to a performance (as a film or telecast) the opening credits 8. a. recognition by a school or college that a student has fulfilled a requirement leading to a degree b. credit hour Synonyms: see belief , influence
transitive verb ETYMOLOGY partly from credit (I); partly from Latin creditus,past participle DATE circa 1530 1. to trust in the truth of : believe find his story hard to credit 2. to supply goods on credit to 3. archaic : to bring credit or honor upon 4. a. to enter upon the credit side of an account b. to place an amount to the credit of credit his account with ten dollars 5. a. to consider usually favorably as the source, agent, or performer of an action or the possessor of a trait credits him with an excellent sense of humor b. to attribute to some person they credit the invention to him Synonyms: see ascribe English Etymology credit 1520s, from L. creditum "a loan, thing entrusted to another," from pp. of credere "to trust, entrust, believe." The commercial sense was the original one in English (creditor is mid-15c.). Meaning "honor, acknowledgment of merit," is from c.1600. Academic sense of "point for completing a course of study" is 1904. Movie/broadcasting sense is 1914. Related: Creditable (1520s); creditability (1886). Credit rating is from 1958; credit union is 1881, Amer.Eng. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ credit credit / 5kredit / nounBUY NOW&NDASH;PAY LATER 赊购 1. [U] an arrangement that you make, with a shop / store for example, to pay later for sth you buy 赊购；赊欠: to get / refuse credit 允许/拒绝赊购 We bought the dishwasher on credit. 我们赊购了一台洗碗机。 to offer interest-free credit (= allow sb to pay later, without any extra charge) 提供免息赊购 a credit agreement 信贷协定 credit facilities / terms 信贷业务；赊欠期 Your credit limit is now £2 000. 你的信用额度现在为 2 000 英镑。 He's a bad credit risk (= he is unlikely to pay the money later). 他有欠账不还的危险。 ⇨ compare hire purchase MONEY BORROWED 借款 2. [U, C] money that you borrow from a bank; a loan (从银行借的)借款；贷款: The bank refused further credit to the company. 银行拒绝再给那家公司提供贷款。 3. [U] the status of being trusted to pay back money to sb who lends it to you (借钱偿还的)信誉,信用: Her credit isn't good anywhere now. 她借钱不还,弄得声名狼藉。 MONEY IN BANK 银行存款 4. [U] if you or your bank account are in credit, there is money in the account 结余 5. [C, U] a sum of money paid into a bank account; a record of the payment (付入银行账户的)存款金额,贷记: a credit of £50 50 英镑的贷记 You'll be paid by direct credit into your bank account. 给你的付款将直接贷记你方银行账户。 OPP debit MONEY BACK 返回的钱 6. [C, U] (technical 术语) a payment that sb has a right to for a particular reason 有权索要的款项: a tax credit 课税扣除 PRAISE 赞扬 7. [U] ~ (for sth) praise or approval because you are responsible for sth good that has happened 赞扬；称赞；认可: He's a player who rarely seems to get the credit he deserves. 他这个选手好像很少得到应得的赞扬。 I can't take all the credit for the show's success—it was a team effort. 演出成功不能都算成我一个人的功劳,这是集体努力的结果。 We did all the work and she gets all the credit! 工作都是我们干的,而功劳却都归了她！ Credit will be given in the exam for good spelling and grammar. 考试中拼写和语法出色者将受到表扬。 At least give him credit for trying (= praise him because he tried, even if he did not succeed). 至少该表扬他尝试过。 ⇨ compare blame , discredit 8. [sing.] ~ to sb / sth a person or thing whose qualities or achievements are praised and who therefore earns respect for sb / sth else 为…赢得荣誉的人(或事物)；因…受到尊重的人(或事物): She is a credit to the school. 她为学校赢得了荣誉。 ON MOVIE / TV PROGRAMME 电影；电视节目 9. [C, usually pl.] the act of mentioning sb who worked on a project such as a film / movie or a television programme (电影或电视节目演职人员的)片头字幕,片尾字幕: She was given a programme credit for her work on the costumes for the play. 她为这出戏准备服装,被列入剧目制作人员名单。 The credits (= the list of all the people involved) seemed to last almost as long as the film! 演职人员字幕持续的时间几乎与这部电影一样长！ UNIT OF STUDY 学习单元 10. [C] 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 (大学,以及美国中小学的)学习单元；学分: My math class is worth three credits. 我的数学课为三个学分。 IDIOMS ▪ do sb credit | do credit to sb / sth if sth does credit to a person or an organization, they deserve to be praised for it 使值得赞扬(或表扬): Your honesty does you great credit. 你的诚实值得大大表扬。 ▪ have sth to your credit to have achieved sth 完成；取得: He's only 30, and he already has four novels to his credit. 他年仅 30 岁,却已着有四部小说。 ▪ on the 'credit side used to introduce the good points about sb / sth, especially after the bad points have been mentioned (尤用于提及缺点之后)就优点方面而言 ▪ to sb's credit making sb deserve praise or respect 使值得赞扬；使受尊重: To his credit, Jack never told anyone exactly what had happened. 杰克对所发生的事守口如瓶,值得赞扬。 verbPUT MONEY IN BANK 往银行存钱 1. [VN] ~ A (with B) | ~ B (to A) to add an amount of money to sb's bank account (给银行账户)存入金额；把…记入贷方；贷记(银行账户): Your account has been credited with $50 000. 已把 5 万元存入你的账户。 $50 000 has been credited to your account. 已把 5 万元存入你的账户。 OPP debit WITH ACHIEVEMENT 成就 2. [VN] [usually passive] ~ A with B | ~ B to A to believe or say that sb is responsible for doing sth, especially sth good 认为是…的功劳；把…归于: The company is credited with inventing the industrial robot. 发明工业机器人是那家公司的功劳。 The invention of the industrial robot is credited to the company. 工业机器人的发明应归功于那家公司。 All the contributors are credited on the title page. 所有撰稿人的姓名均刊登在扉页上。 WITH QUALITY 品质 3. [VN] ~ A with B to believe that sb / sth has a particular good quality or feature 认为…有(良好的品质或特点): I credited you with a little more sense. 我认为你更有见识。 4. [VN] [usually passive] ~ sb / sth as sth to believe that sb / sth is of a particular type or quality 认为…属(某种类或性质): The cheetah is generally credited as the world's fastest animal. 普遍认为猎豹是世界上跑得最快的动物。 BELIEVE 相信 5. (BrE) (used mainly in questions and negative sentences 主要用于疑问句和否定句) to believe sth, especially sth surprising or unexpected 相信(尤指令人惊奇或意外的事物): ▪ [VN] He's been promoted—would you credit it? 他被提升了,你相信吗？ ▪ [also V wh- also V that] Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English credit verb 1 put money in the bank PREP. with The bank credited the oil company with £500,000. PHRASES credit sth to sb's account 2 with an achievement/quality PREP. with I credited you with a little more sense. PHRASES be credited as/with sth She is generally credited as having written over 50 novels. | be credited to sb The work has been credited to a sixteenth century bishop. | be generally/widely credited with sth He is widely credited with having started the Middle East peace process. 3 believe VERB + CREDIT can/could hardly/scarcely I could hardly credit it when she told me she was leaving. | be hard to I find what he says rather hard to credit. OLT credit noun ⇨ loan (interest-free credit)⇨ praise (give sb credit for sth) Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: letter of credit , or line of credit , or mercantile credit , or retail credit , or revolving credit , or revolving letter of credit , or social credit , or bill of credit , or swing credit , or traveler's letter of credit , or advanced credit , or circular letter of credit , or commercial letter of credit , or confirmed letter of credit , or credit currency , or cash credit , or commercial credit , or commercial credit company , or confirmed credit , or consumer credit , or credit card , or credit hour , or credit instrument , or credit insurance , or credit life insurance , or credit line , or credit man , or credit manager , or credit memorandum , or credit money, or credit rating , or credit slip , or credit union , or deferred credit , or export credit , or acceptance credit , or frozen credit , or full faith and credit , or import credit cred·it I. \ˈkredə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle French, reputation, commercial credit, from Old Italian credito, from Latin creditum loan, from neuter of creditus, past participle of credere 1. a. : the balance in a person's favor in an account; also : an amount or limit to the extent of which a person may receive goods or money for payment in the future b. : an amount or sum placed at a person's disposal by a bank : a loan of money c. : time given for payment for goods or services sold for future payment < long-term credit > d. (1) : an entry on the right-hand side of an account constituting an addition to a revenue, net worth, or liability account (2) : a deduction from an expense or asset account e. : any one of or the sum of the items entered on the right-hand side of an account — abbr. cr; ; opposed to debit f. : a sum of money (as to meet unexpected demands) voted by the British parliament for use during the fiscal year by the administration < votes of credit > g. : a deduction from an amount otherwise due < a tax credit for dividends received > < a credit for returned goods > 2. a. : reliance on the truth or reality of something : belief , faith , trust < give no credit to these idle rumors > b. obsolete : something believed : a believed report 3. a. : influence or power derived from enjoying the confidence of another or others : standing < I will use my credit with her to persuade her to go > b. : reputation especially when favorable : good name : esteem < he lived with credit in the village > also : financial or commercial trustworthiness : reputation entitling one to be trusted with money or goods advanced 4. archaic : the quality of being believed or of being worthy of belief : authority causing belief : credibility 5. : a source of honor < he was a credit to his family > 6. a. : something that gains or adds to reputation or esteem : honor < he took no credit for his generous act > < it is to his credit that he acknowledged his error > b. : recognition , acknowledgment , ascription < he did not actually write the book, but he got credit for it > c. : a printed or spoken acknowledgment of the authorship, source, or ownership of material used in a publication or in a play, motion picture, or radio or television program d. : a recognition by name of a person contributing to a performance (as the author, director, or producer of a broadcast, telecast, or stage play) e. : recognition by a school or college typically measured in credit hours that a student has fulfilled a requirement leading to a degree (as by completing a course) Synonyms: see belief , influence II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: partly from Latin creditus (past participle of credere); partly from credit (I) 1. a. : to supply goods on credit to b. obsolete : entrust 2. : to trust in the truth of : believe < if we can credit ancient reports > 3. archaic : to bring credit or honor upon 4. : to enter upon the credit side of an account : give credit for :place to the credit of — opposed to debit 5. : to give credit to: as a. : to consider usually favorably as the source, author, motivating agent, or performer of an action or as possessor of a trait — usually used with with < Rivera, who is credited with introducing the spermaceti industry to the colonies — American Guide Series: Rhode Island > < we are credited with hospitality, good nature, and high sexual morality — H.L.Carter > b. : to attribute (as an act or a trait) to some person — usually used with to < they credit the invention to him > Synonyms: see ascribe ncredo
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