credit Definition–noun | 1. | commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.: Give credit where it is due. | | 2. | a source of pride or honor:
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td>the ascription or acknowledgment of something as due or properly attributable to a person, institution, etc.: She got a screen credit for photography. | 4. | trustworthiness; credibility: a witness of credit. | | 5. | confidence in a purchaser's ability and intention to pay, displayed by entrusting the buyer with goods or services without immediate payment. | | 6. | reputation of solvency and probity, entitling a person to be trusted in buying or borrowing: Your credit is good. | | 7. | influence or authority resulting from the confidence of others or from one's reputation. | | 8. | time allowed for payment for goods or services obtained on trust: 90 days' credit. | | 9. | repute; reputation; esteem. | | 10. | a sum of money due to a person; anything valuable standing on the credit side of an account: He has an outstanding credit of $50. | | 11. | Education. | a. | official acceptance and recording of the work completed by a student in a particular course of study. | | | 12. | Bookkeeping. | a. | an entry of payment or value received on an account. | | b. | the right-hand side of an account on which such entries are made (opposed to debit ). | | c. | an entry, or the total shown, on the credit side. | | | 13. | any deposit or sum of money against which a person may draw. | –verb (used with object) | 14. | to believe; put confidence in; trust; have faith in. | | 15. | to bring honor, esteem, etc., to; reflect well upon. | | 16. | Bookkeeping. to enter upon the credit side of an account; give credit for or to. | | 17. | Education. to award educational credits to (often fol. by with): They credited me with three hours in history. | —Verb phrase | 18. |
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credit to or with, to ascribe to a (thing, person, etc.): In former times many herbs were credited with healing powers. | —Idioms | 19. | do someone credit, to be a source of honor or distinction for someone. Also, do credit to someone. | | 20. | on credit, by deferred payment: Everything they have was bought on credit. | | 21. | to one's credit, deserving of praise or recognition; admirable: It is to his credit that he freely admitted his guilt. | |
From Dictionary repair Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor. | | 2. | to restore or renew by any process of making good, strengthening, etc.: to repair one's health by resting. | | 3. | to remedy; make good; make up for: to repair damage; to repair a deficiency. | | 4. | to make amends for; compensate: to repair a wrong done. | –noun | 5. | an act, process, or work of repairing: to order the repair of a building. | | 6. | Usually, repairs. | a. | an instance or operation of repairing: to lay up a boat for repairs. | | b. | a repaired part or an addition made in repairing: 17th-century repairs in brick are conspicuous in parts of the medieval stonework. | | | 7. | repairs, (in bookkeeping, accounting, etc.) the part of maintenance expense that has been paid out to keep fixed assets in usable condition, as distinguished from amounts used for renewal or replacement. | | 8. | the good condition resulting from continued maintenance and repairing: to keep in repair. | | 9. | condition with respect to soundness and usability: a house in good repair. | |
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