1. credit - Noun
2. credit - Verb
Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence.
Reputation derived from the confidence of others; esteem; honor; good name; estimation.
A ground of, or title to, belief or confidence; authority derived from character or reputation.
That which tends to procure, or add to, reputation or esteem; an honor.
Influence derived from the good opinion, confidence, or favor of others; interest.
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.
The time given for payment for lands or goods sold on trust; as, a long credit or a short credit.
The side of an account on which are entered all items reckoned as values received from the party or the category named at the head of the account; also, any one, or the sum, of these items; -- the opposite of debit; as, this sum is carried to one's credit, and that to his debit; A has several credits on the books of B.
To confide in the truth of; to give credence to; to put trust in; to believe.
To bring honor or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryMy grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition. Indira Gandhi
Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail. Thomas Jefferson
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. Harry S. Truman
Sweet tongues buy horses on credit. Hawaiian Proverb
Whoever drinks on credit gets drunk more quickly. Armenian Proverb
Give credit where credit is due. English Proverb