Noun
1. approval;
"give her recognition for trying""he was given credit for his work""give her credit for trying""the credits were given at the end of the film"2. money available for a client to borrow
3. an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
4. used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise;
"she already had several performances to her credit";5. arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services
6. recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours
7. 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"8. an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work