Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To believe; to put credence in.

    Someone said there were over 100,000 people there, but I can't credit that.

    annehmen, für bare Münze nehmen

    ве́ритьvéritʹ, пове́ритьpovéritʹ, доверя́тьdoverjátʹ

    ві́ритиvíryty, пові́ритиpovíryty, довіря́тиdovirjáty

  2. (transitive)To add to an account.

    Credit accounts receivable with the amount of the invoice.

    For the payroll period credit employees' tips to their wages paid account and debit their minimum wage payable account.

    gutschreiben, hinzubuchen, anrechnen

    зачислятьzačisljatʹ

    перерахо́вуватиpereraxóvuvaty, перерахува́тиpereraxuváty

  3. (transitive)To acknowledge the contribution of.

    I credit the town council with restoring the shopping district.

    Credit the point guard with another assist.

    anrechnen

    припи́сыватьpripísyvatʹ, приписа́тьpripisátʹ

    віддава́ти нале́жнеviddaváty naléžne, відда́ти нале́жнеviddáty naléžne

  4. (transitive)To bring honour or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.

More definitions
  • have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of
  • give someone credit for something
  • enter as credit
  • ascribe an achievement to

Examples

600 sentences
  1. Can I pay by credit card?

    Чи можна платити кредитною карткою? — aandrusiak

    ruМогу ли я расплатиться кредиткой? — Mukaltin

    deKann ich mit Kreditkarte bezahlen? — MUIRIEL

  2. We accept all major credit cards.

    Ми приймаємо всі основні кредитни картки. — deniko

    deWir akzeptieren alle geläufigen Kreditkarten. — Yorwba

  3. Can I use my credit card?

    Чи я можу скористатися своєю кредитною карткою? — deniko

    ruМогу я воспользоваться кредитной карточкой? — Hellerick

    deKann ich meine Kreditkarte benutzen? — al_ex_an_der

  4. I always buy expensive items on credit.

    Дорогі речі я зажди купую в кредит. — aandrusiak

  5. I have a lot of credit cards.

    У мене багато кредитних карток. — deniko

Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
to believe:
to add to an account:
to acknowledge a contribution:
Русский
By meaning 3
to believe:
to add to an account:
to acknowledge a contribution:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to believe:
to add to an account:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French crédit (“belief, trust”), from Latin crēditum (“a loan, credit

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.

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Forms

credits, crediting, credited, credited
Base formcredit · to credit
3rd person singularcredits
Present participlecrediting
Past simplecredited
Past participlecredited

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycredit
he, she, itcredits

Past simpleLesson

all personscredited

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave credited
he, she, ithas credited

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill credit

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

13 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • credit card
  • a credit card
  • my credit card
  • by credit card
  • use a credit
  • all the credit
  • his credit card
  • pay by credit
  • your credit card
  • took credit for
  • take credit
  • have a credit

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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