Noun:
1: recognition, credit 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"
2: credit money available for a client to borrow
3: credit entry, credit an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
4: credit used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise; "she already had several performances to her credit";
5: credit, deferred payment arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services
6: credit, course credit recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours
7: citation, credit, mention, quotation, reference, acknowledgment, cite 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"
8: credit an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work
Verb:
1: credit give someone credit for something; "We credited her for saving our jobs"
2: accredit, credit give credit for; "She was not properly credited in the program"
3: credit accounting: enter as credit; "We credit your account with $100"
4: credit have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of