vt to bring honor or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.
2. credit ·noun influence derived from the good opinion, confidence, or favor of others; interest.
3. credit ·noun reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence.
4. credit ·noun reputation derived from the confidence of others; esteem; honor; good name; estimation.
5. credit ·noun that which tends to procure, or add to, reputation or esteem; an honor.
6. credit ·noun a ground of, or title to, belief or confidence; authority derived from character or reputation.
7. credit ·noun the time given for payment for lands or goods sold on trust; as, a long credit or a short credit.
8. credit ·vt to confide in the truth of; to give credence to; to put trust in; to believe.
9. credit ·vt to enter upon the credit side of an account; to give credit for; as, to credit the amount paid; to set to the credit of; as, to credit a man with the interest paid on a bond.
10. credit ·noun trust given or received; expectation of future playment for property transferred, or of fulfillment or promises given; mercantile reputation entitling one to be trusted;
applied to individuals, corporations, communities, or nations; as, to buy goods on credit.
11. credit ·noun the side of an account on which are entered all items reckoned as values received from the party or the category named at the head of the account; also, any one, or the sum, of these items;
the opposite of debit; as, this sum is carried to one's credit, and that to his debit; a has several credits on the books of b.