[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

credit \cred"it\ kre^d"i^t, n. f. cr'edit cf. it.
   credito, l. creditum loan, prop. neut. of creditus, p. p. of
   credere to trust, loan, believe. see creed.
   1. reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief;
      faith; trust; confidence.
      1913 webster

            when jonathan and the people heard these words they
            gave no credit unto them, nor received them. --1
                                                  macc. x. 46.
      1913 webster

   2. reputation derived from the confidence of others; esteem;
      honor; good name; estimation.
      1913 webster

            john gilpin was a citizen
            of credit and renown.                 --cowper.
      1913 webster

   3. a ground of, or title to, belief or confidence; authority
      derived from character or reputation.
      1913 webster

            the things which we properly believe, be only such
            as are received on the credit of divine testimony.
                                                  --hooker.
      1913 webster

   4. that which tends to procure, or add to, reputation or
      esteem; an honor.
      1913 webster

            i published, because i was told i might please such
            as it was a credit to please.         --pope.
      1913 webster

   5. influence derived from the good opinion, confidence, or
      favor of others; interest.
      1913 webster

            having credit enough with his master to provide for
            his own interest.                     --clarendon.
      1913 webster

   6. com. 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.
      1913 webster

            credit is nothing but the expectation of money,
            within some limited time.             --locke.
      1913 webster

   7. the time given for payment for lands or goods sold on
      trust; as, a long credit or a short credit.
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   8. bookkeeping 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.
      1913 webster

   bank credit, or cash credit. see under cash.

   bill of credit. see under bill.

   letter of credit, a letter or notification addressed by a
      banker to his correspondent, informing him that the person
      named therein is entitled to draw a certain sum of money;
      when addressed to several different correspondents, or
      when the money can be drawn in fractional sums in several
      different places, it is called a circular letter of
      credit.

   public credit.
      a the reputation of, or general confidence in, the
          ability or readiness of a government to fulfill its
          pecuniary engagements.
      b the ability and fidelity of merchants or others who
          owe largely in a community.
          1913 webster

                he touched the dead corpse of public credit, and
                it sprung upon its feet.          --d. webster.
          1913 webster
see also:
creed debit bank credit cash credit cash bill of credit 
bill letter of credit circular letter of credit public credit 

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