–noun

1.	commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.: Give credit where it is due.

2.	a source of pride or honor: You are a credit to your school.

3.	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. b. a credit hour.

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.	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.

–noun

1.	an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.

2.	a statement or announcement.

3.	a widely circulated statement or item of news; rumor; gossip.

4.	an account of a speech, debate, meeting, etc., esp. as taken down for publication.

5.	a loud noise, as from an explosion: the report of a distant cannon.

6.	a statement of a student's grades, level of achievement, or academic standing for or during a prescribed period of time.

7.	Computers. output, esp. printed, containing organized information.

8.	a statement of a judicial opinion or decision, or of a case argued and determined in a court of justice.

9.	reports, Law. a collection of adjudications.

10.	repute; reputation; fame: a man of bad report.

–verb (used with object)

11.	to carry and repeat, as an answer or message; repeat, as what one has heard.

12.	to relate, as what has been learned by observation or investigation.

13.	to give or render a formal account or statement of: to report a deficit.

14.	to send back (a bill, amendment, etc.) to a legislative body with a formal report outlining findings and recommendations (often fol. by out): The committee reported out the b 3e8 ill.

15.	to make a charge against (a person), as to a superior: I intend to report him to the dean for cheating.

16.	to make known the presence, condition, or whereabouts of: to report a ship missing.

17.	to present (oneself) to a person in authority, as in accordance with requirements.

18.	to take down (a speech, lecture, etc.) in writing.

19.	to write an account of (an event, situation, etc.), as for publication in a newspaper.

20.	to relate or b62 tell.

–verb (used without object)

21.	to prepare, make, or submit a report of something observed, investigated, or the like.

22.	to serve or work as a reporter, as for a newspaper.

23.	to make one's condition or whereabouts known, as to a person in authority: to report sick.

24.	to present oneself duly, as at a place: to report to Room 101.

—Idiom

25.	on report, Military. (of personnel) under restriction pending disciplinary action.