different between credit vs stringency

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French crédit (“belief, trust”), from Latin cr?ditum (“a loan, credit”), neuter of cr?ditus, past participle of cr?dere (“to believe”). The verb is from the noun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??d?t/
• Rhymes: -?d?t

Verb

credit (third-person singular simple present credits, present participle crediting, simple past and past participle credited)

1. (transitive) To believe; to put credence in.

   Synonyms: accept, believe
2. (transitive, accounting) To add to an account.

   Antonym: debit

3. (transitive) To acknowledge the contribution of.

4. (transitive) To bring honour or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.

   • You credit the church as much by your government as you did the school formerly by your wit.

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Noun

credit (countable and uncountable, plural credits)

1. Reliance on the truth of something said or done; faith; trust.

   • When Jonathan and the people heard these words they gave no credit into them, nor received them.

2. (uncountable) Recognition and respect.
   • 1782, William Cowper, The Diverting History of John Gilpin

     John Gilpin was a citizen / Of credit and renown.
3. (countable) Acknowledgement of a contribution, especially in the performing arts.

4. (television/film, usually in the plural) Written titles and other information about the TV program or movie shown at the beginning and/or end of the TV program or movie.

5. (uncountable, law, business, finance) A privilege of delayed payment extended to a buyer or borrower on the seller's or lender's belief that what is given will be repaid.

6. The time given for payment for something sold on trust.

7. (uncountable, US) A person's credit rating or creditworthiness, as represented by their history of borrowing and repayment (or non payment).

8. (accounting) An addition to certain accounts; the side of an account on which payments received are entered.
9. (tax accounting) A reduction in taxes owed, or a refund for excess taxes paid.

10. A source of value, distinction or honour.
    • 1836, Henry Francis Cary, The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope., The Author's Preface

      I published, because I was told I might please such as it was a credit to please.

11. An arbitrary unit of value, often used in fictive or virtual currencies.
12. (uncountable) Recognition for having taken a course (class).

13. (countable) A course credit, a credit hour – used as measure if enough courses have been taken for graduation.

Synonyms

• (course credit, credit hour): unit

Derived terms

Related terms

• credible

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References

• credit at OneLook Dictionary Search
• credit in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• credit in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• direct, triced

Latin

Verb

cr?dit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of cr?d?

Romanian

Etymology

From French crédit.

Noun

credit n (plural credite)

1. credit

Declension

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /?kr?d?t/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?kre?d?t/, /?kr?d?t/

Verb

credit (literary)

1. second-person singular imperfect/conditional of credu

Noun

credit m (plural creditau)

1. Alternative form of credyd (“credit”)

Mutation

English

Noun

stringency (countable and uncountable, plural stringencies)

1. A rigorous imposition of standards.
2. A tightness or constriction.
3. A scarcity of money or credit.

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