(n): a message expressing a favorable opinion
(n): money available for a client to borrow
(n): anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company
(n): an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
(n): a written record of a commercial transaction
(n): used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise
(n): the action of accomplishing something
(n): arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services
(n): a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
(n): recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours
(n): the act of achieving an aim
(n): a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
(n): a comment or instruction (usually added)
(n): an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work
(n): a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work
(n): an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments
(n): an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
(v): give someone credit for something
(v): attribute or credit to
(v): ascribe an achievement to
(v): attribute or credit to
(v): accounting: enter as credit
(v): keep an account of
(v): have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of
(v): have confidence or faith in
T.H.E.: 'And what about degree of difficulty? Should a first-year module designed to force students to locate the library be worth as much credit as a challenging final-year module on "Patagonian pre-history and its implications"?'