credit
Definitions
Noun
- Approval
- Money available for a client to borrow
- An accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
- Used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise
- Arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services
- Recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours
- A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
- An entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work
- An estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments
Verb
- Give someone credit for something
- Ascribe an achievement to
- Accounting: enter as credit
- Have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of
Fragment
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As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "credit".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | credit | 2 | 64 |
| 2 | credited | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | accreditation | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | credits | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | creditable | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | discredited | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | accredited | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | creditors | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | discredit | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | accredit | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | accreditations | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | accrediting | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | credit's | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | creditably | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | creditanstalt | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | creditbank | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | credithrift | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | crediting | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | credito | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | creditor | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | creditors' | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | creditwatch | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | creditworthiness | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | creditworthy | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | discrediting | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | discredits | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | fedeccredito | 5 | 0 |
| 28 | microcredit | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | telecredit | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | unaccredited | 5 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "credit".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "credit".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | credited | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | predict | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | credits | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | credulity | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | edit | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | discredit | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | creditors | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | credito | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | creditor | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | credit's | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | accredit | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | kredit | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | reit | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | redi | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | crediting | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | redditt | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | readmit | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | corexit | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | telecredit | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | discredits | 3 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "credit" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | credit for | 1 | 3 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "credit" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "credit" in the same piece of text.
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "credit".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | credit's | 2 | 0 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 13
Fragments: 30
Sound Alikes: 14
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 5
Consonant Matches: 1
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
📰 This Word in the News:
Artists Spar Over Credit For A Dress Displayed In The Met’s ‘Costume Art’ Exhibition
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