Credit
/ˈkɹɛdɪt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo believe; to put credence in.
verbTo add to an account.
Sentence Examples
Can I pay by credit card?
It's to your credit that you told the truth.
Credit cards eliminate the need to carry a lot of cash.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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I used my card to ____ the amount to my account last night.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Middle French crédit (“belief, trust”), from Latin crēditum (“a loan, credit”), neuter of crēditus, past participle of crēdere (“to believe”). The verb is from the noun. Doublet of shraddha, creed.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"How shall they credit
A poor unlearned virgin?"
— c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
"[T]he Heart that is conscious of its own integrity is ever slowest to credit another's Treachery."
— 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, IV.iii:
"She said quite naturally, as if nothing had happened, “I want you to go back home, Victor darling. You mustn’t worry about me any more.”’ Victor told me he could hardly credit it, at first, that she could stand there and say this to him."
— 1952, Daphne du Maurier, “Monte Verità”, in The Apple Tree:
"So sublime was the region that many credit it with being the birthplace of British tourism."
— 2026 May 26, Cyrus Dunham, “Nature's Way”, in Architectural Digest, volume 83, number 4, page 106:
"You credit the church as much by your government as you did the school formerly by your wit."
— 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
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I used my card to ____ the amount to my account last night.