credit someone or something with something
- credit someone or something with something
credit someone or something with something
1. Lit. to record a payment, deposit, etc., to the account of someone or something. •
I will credit you with this payment as you request.
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Your account has been credited with this adjustment.
2. Fig. to give someone or something welldeserved praise for doing something or having something. •
We have to credit Jeff with saving us a lot of money.
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We will credit the weather with part of the success of the picnic.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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credit someone with something — credit (someone) with (something) to believe that someone has a particular quality or ability. I credited her with more sense than she showed … New idioms dictionary
credit someone with — credit (someone) with (something) to believe that someone has a particular quality or ability. I credited her with more sense than she showed … New idioms dictionary
credit someone with something — Syn: ascribe something to someone, attribute something to someone … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
credit — n 1 *belief, faith, credence Analogous words: reliance, *trust, confidence, faith: assurance, certitude, conviction, *certainty Contrasted words: *unbelief, disbelief, incredulity: * … New Dictionary of Synonyms
credit with something — credit (someone) with (something) to believe that someone has a particular quality or ability. I credited her with more sense than she showed … New idioms dictionary
credit with — credit (someone) with (something) to believe that someone has a particular quality or ability. I credited her with more sense than she showed … New idioms dictionary
credit — cred|it1 [ kredıt ] noun *** ▸ 1 arrangement to pay later ▸ 2 money you have right to ▸ 3 praise for something you did ▸ 4 at college/university ▸ 5 money added to account ▸ 6 movie etc. someone worked on ▸ 7 list of who made movie etc. ▸ +… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
credit — cred|it1 W2S2 [ˈkredıt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(delayed payment)¦ 2¦(praise)¦ 3 be a credit to somebody/something 4 have something to your credit 5 in credit 6 the credits 7 on the credit side 8¦(university)¦ 9¦(amount of money)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
credit — [[t]kre̱dɪt[/t]] ♦♦ credits, crediting, credited 1) N UNCOUNT: oft on N If you are allowed credit, you are allowed to pay for goods or services several weeks or months after you have received them. The group can t get credit to buy farming… … English dictionary
credit — 1 / kredit/ noun 1 DELAYED PAYMENT (U) an arrangement with a shop, bank etc that makes it possible for you to buy something and pay for it later: on credit (=bought using this arrangement): stores that sell goods on credit | interest free credit… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
credit — I UK [ˈkredɪt] / US noun Word forms credit : singular credit plural credits *** 1) [uncountable] an arrangement to receive goods from a shop or money from a bank and pay for it later on credit: I don t like buying things on credit. give/offer… … English dictionary
