Usually means: Borrowed money to be repaid.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. credit: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. credit, credit: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. credit: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. credit: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. credit: Wordnik
  7. credit: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Credit: Wiktionary
  9. credit: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. credit: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. credit: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. credit: Dictionary.com
  13. credit: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. credit: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Credit (creative arts), Credit (disambiguation), Credit (education), Credit (finance), Credit (science fiction), Credit: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Credit: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. credit: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. credit: Rhymezone
  19. credit: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. credit: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. credit: Free Dictionary
  22. credit: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. credit: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. credit: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. credit: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  26. credit: Wiktionary

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)
  2. credit-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. credit: Webster's New World Finance & Investment Dictionary
  3. credit: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  6. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  7. CREDIT: Accounting Glossary
  8. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  9. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  10. Credit: FACS Journalist's Guide to Economic Terms
  11. Terms related to the Federal Reserve, banking and economics (No longer online)
  12. Credit: Futures and Options Market Terminology
  13. credit: Finance-Glossary.com
  14. Credit Terms (No longer online)
  15. Real Estate and Mortgage Glossary (No longer online)
  16. MSN Money (No longer online)
  17. Credit: Inflation Glossary
  18. Credit: Glossary of Consumer Proposals Terms
  19. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  20. Credit: Investopedia
  21. Nelson Political Science Glossary (No longer online)
  22. Credit (disambiguation), Credit (finance), credit: Legal dictionary
  23. Credit (disambiguation), Credit (finance), credit: Financial dictionary
  24. Credit: Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary
  25. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)
  26. Credit: WashingtonPost.com: Business
  27. Yahoo Tax Center Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Credit (disambiguation), Credit (finance), credit: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. CREDIT: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. credit: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Credit: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  2. credit: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of video terms (No longer online)
  2. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)

(Note: See credited as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To believe; to put credence in.
verb:  (transitive, accounting) To add to an account.
verb:  (transitive) To acknowledge the contribution of.
verb:  (transitive) To bring honour or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.
noun:  Reliance on the truth of something said or done; faith; trust.
noun:  (uncountable) Recognition, respect and admiration.
noun:  (countable) Acknowledgement of a contribution, especially in the performing arts.
noun:  (television/film, usually in the plural) Written titles and other information about the TV program or movie shown at the beginning and/or end of the TV program or movie.
noun:  (uncountable, law, business, finance) A privilege of delayed payment extended to a buyer or borrower on the seller's or lender's belief that what is given will be repaid.
noun:  The time given for payment for something sold on trust.
noun:  (uncountable, US) A person's credit rating or creditworthiness, as represented by their history of borrowing and repayment (or non payment).
noun:  (accounting) An addition to certain accounts; the side of an account on which payments received are entered.
noun:  (tax accounting) A reduction in taxes owed, or a refund for excess taxes paid.
noun:  A source of value, distinction or honour.
noun:  (science fiction) A unit of currency used in a fictional universe or timeframe.
noun:  A nominal unit of value assigned outside of a currency system.
noun:  (uncountable) Recognition for having taken a course (class).
noun:  (countable) A course credit, a credit hour – used as measure if enough courses have been taken for graduation.
noun:  A surname.

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