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(1):

(n.) Reputation derived from the confidence of others; esteem; honor; good name; estimation.

(2):

(n.) That which tends to procure, or add to, reputation or esteem; an honor.

(3):

(n.) Influence derived from the good opinion, confidence, or favor of others; interest.

(4):

(v. t.) 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.

(5):

(n.) A ground of, or title to, belief or confidence; authority derived from character or reputation.

(6):

(n.) Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence.

(7):

(n.) 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.

(8):

(n.) 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.

(9):

(v. t.) To confide in the truth of; to give credence to; to put trust in; to believe.

(10):

(v. t.) To bring honor or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.

(11):

(n.) The time given for payment for lands or goods sold on trust; as, a long credit or a short credit.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Credit'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/credit.html. 1828.
 
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