Nouns

(n)recognition, creditapproval“give her recognition for trying”, “he was given credit for his work”, “give her credit for trying”
(n)creditmoney available for a client to borrow
(n)credit, credit entryan accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
(n)creditused in the phrase ‘to your credit’ in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise“she already had several performances to her credit”
(n)credit, deferred paymentarrangement for deferred payment for goods and services
(n)credit, course creditrecognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours
(n)citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotationa short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage“the student's essay failed to list several important citations”, “the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book”, “the article includes mention of similar clinical cases”
(n)creditan entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work“the credits were given at the end of the film”
(n)credit rating, creditan estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments

Verbs

(v)creditgive someone credit for something“We credited her for saving our jobs”
(v)accredit, creditascribe an achievement to“She was not properly credited in the program”
(v)creditenter as credit“We credit your account with $100”
(v)credithave trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of