credit

«credit» in Mova's school dictionary: praise or recognition for something good you have done — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (credit, credits); verb (credit, credits, credited, crediting)

meaning for a pupil

1) Credit is praise or recognition for something good you have done. tree →

2) Credit is a way of buying something now and paying for it later. tree →

3) Credit is money in an account or on a phone or card. tree →

4) The credits are the list of names at the end of a film or show. tree →

5) To credit means to believe, or to say someone did something good. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and money lessons, pupils learn about credit cards, borrowing and why paying later can cost more. At school, give credit to others for their ideas. In films, the credits list the people who made it. Phrases: give credit, take credit, credit card, on credit, to your credit.

examples

• She deserves credit for her hard work. tree →
• Don't take credit for someone else's idea. tree →
• Mum paid with a credit card. tree →
• I have 5 pounds of credit on my phone. tree →
• We stayed to watch the credits at the end of the film. tree →
• It's to his credit that he told the truth. tree →
• Buying on credit means you borrow money and must pay it back, often with extra. tree →
• The dishonest get no credit, even if they act honestly. tree →

note

Uncountable for praise (credit, not a credit); countable for film credits. A credit card lets you borrow; a debit card uses your own money. In maths, credit means money added; debit means money taken away.

In the corpora

• A debit card spends money already in the account; a credit card borrows money that must be paid back later.
• A debit card spends money already in the account; a credit card borrows money from the card company to be paid back later.
• A credit score is a rating of how reliably someone pays; missing payments lowers it and makes borrowing harder and dearer.
• Honesty gets credit."
• Being open about how you used a tool is honest, and many teachers give credit for it.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «credit» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.