I will credit this payment to your account.
•I am afraid that I accidentally credited your payment to George.
2. Fig. to give someone or something well-deserved praise. •The entire organization credited much praise to Jeff.
•We had to credit much of our success to simple good luck.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
credit — ► NOUN 1) the facility of being able to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future. 2) an entry in an account recording a sum received. 3) public acknowledgement or praise given for an… … English terms 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 — [[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 — 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
credit to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms credit to : present tense I/you/we/they credit to he/she/it credits to present participle crediting to past tense credited to past participle credited to credit something to something to say that someone has… … English 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 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 where credit's due — credit where credit’s due phrase used for saying that someone deserves praise for something that they have done Thesaurus: ways of praising someone or somethingsynonym Main entry: credit … Useful english dictionary
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 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 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
