credit

noun

1.
approval
Derived from:
credit
2.
money available for a client to borrow
3.
an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
Antonym:
debit
Derived from:
credit
4.
used in the phrase ‘to your credit’ in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise
5.
arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services
Antonym:
cash
6.
recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours
7.
a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
Derived from:
credit
8.
an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work
Derived from:
credit
9.
an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments