credits

nounrecognition; trust
nounreputation, status
noundeferred payment arrangement; assets
verbbelieve, depend on
verbaccredit, assign to

Synonyms for credits

noun recognition; trust

Antonyms for credits

Word Origin & History

1520s, from Middle French crédit (15c.) "belief, trust," from Italian credito, from Latin creditum "a loan, thing entrusted to another," from past participle of credere "to trust, entrust, believe" (see credo). The commercial sense was the original one in English (creditor is mid-15c.). Meaning "honor, acknowledgment of merit," is from c.1600. Academic sense of "point for completing a course of study" is 1904. Movie/broadcasting sense is 1914. Credit rating is from 1958; credit union is 1881, American English.

Example Sentences forcredits

The guard treated him unfairly, lied about him to the warden, lost his credits, persecuted him.

And soon Plato was richer by fifteen credits, instead of the ten or twelve he had hoped for.

Mr. Grant had gone to an Indian lodge to receive his credits.

There must have been over two thousand credits in the wallet.

He took the sack of credits and tossed it toward a drawer, uncounted.

Provided the first shipment carries the most we can get for the credits I brought.

"I could loan you a couple of credits, Frank," Belle said, brightly.

There are several other forms of travellers' credits in use.

The purpose of the clearing-house is largely to facilitate the transfer of credits.

A business man's ledger is a very valuable history of credits.