ə.ˈkɹɛd.ɪt əkˈnɑl.ɪd͡ʒ.mənt əkˈnɒl.ɪd͡ʒ.mənt ˌsaɪˈteɪʃn̩ ˌsaɪˈteɪʃən ˈkɹɛdɪt ˈkɹɛdɪt ˈmɛnʃən kwoʊˈteɪʃən ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃən ˈɹɛf.(ə)ɹəns used in the phrase ‘to your credit’ in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise she already had several performances to her credit recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of give someone credit for something We credited her for saving our jobs ascribe an achievement to She was not properly credited in the program enter as credit We credit your account with $100 an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work the credits were given at the end of the film approval give her recognition for trying he was given credit for his work give her credit for trying a 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 arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services money available for a client to borrow an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items