verb ascribe an achievement to.
— synonyms: accredit
verb accounting: enter as credit.
verb have trust in.
noun approval.
— synonyms: recognition
noun money available for a client to borrow.
noun an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items.
— synonyms: credit_entry
noun used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise.
noun arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services.
— synonyms: deferred_payment
noun recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed.
— synonyms: course_credit
noun a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage.
— synonyms: citation, cite, acknowledgment, reference, mention, quotation
noun an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work.
noun an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments.
— synonyms: credit_rating
Examples
“He arrived five minutes late, but to his credit he did work an extra ten minutes at the end of his shift.”
“She received a singing credit in last year's operetta.”