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Word Meanings - CREDIT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

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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. Credit is nothing but the expectation of money, within some limited time. Locke. 7. The time given for payment for lands or goods sold on trust; as, a long credit or a short credit. (more info) prop. neut. of creditus, p. p. of credere to trust, loan, believe. 1. Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence. When Jonathan and the people heard these words they gave no credit into them, nor received them. 1 Macc. x. 46. 2. Reputation derived from the confidence of others; esteem; honor; good name; estimation. John Gilpin was a citizen Of credit and renown. Cowper. 3. A ground of, or title to, belief or confidence; authority derived from character or reputation. The things which we properly believe, be only such as are received on the credit of divine testimony. Hooker. 4. That which tends to procure, or add to, reputation or esteem; an honor. I published, because I was told I might please such as it was a credit to please. Pope. 5. Influence derived from the good opinion, confidence, or favor of others; interest. Having credit enough with his master to provide for his own interest. Clarendon.

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  • CONFIDER
    One who confides.
  • CHARACTERISTIC
    Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive. Characteristic clearness of temper. Macaulay.
  • ASCENDANCY; ASCENDANCE
    See ASCENDENCY
  • CONFIDENCE
    1. The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; -- formerly followed by of, now commonly by in. Society is built upon trust, and trust upon confidence of one another's integrity. South. A cheerful confidence in
  • DEPOSITOR
    One who makes a deposit, especially of money in bank; -- the correlative of depository.
  • TRUSTEE
    A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the effects
  • TRUSTY
    1. Admitting of being safely trusted; justly deserving confidence; fit to be confided in; trustworthy; reliable. Your trusty and most valiant servitor. Shak. 2. Hence, not liable to fail; strong; firm. His trusty sword he called to his
  • CHARGEANT
    Burdensome; troublesome. Chaucer.
  • HONORABLE
    1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
  • CHARACTER
    1. A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol. It were much to be wished that there were throughout the world but one sort of character for each letter to express it to the eye. Holder. 2. Style of writing or printing; handwriting;
  • CREDIT FONCIER
    A company licensed for the purpose of carrying out
  • MISMANAGER
    One who manages ill.
  • POWERFUL
    Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn. -- Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*ful*ness, n. (more info) 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any
  • RENOWNED
    Famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities, or for grandeur; eminent; as, a renowned king. "Some renowned metropolis with glistering spires." Milton. These were the renouwned of the congregation. Num. i. 61.
  • TRACTORATION
    See PERKINISM
  • SUPPRESSOR
    One who suppresses.
  • CREDENCE
    The small table by the side of the altar or communion table, on which the bread and wine are placed before being consecrated. 4. A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate, and consisting
  • CONTROLLABLENESS
    Capability of being controlled.
  • POWERABLE
    1. Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible. J. Young. 2. Capable of exerting power; powerful. Camden.
  • WANDERMENT
    The act of wandering, or roaming. Bp. Hall.
  • INTRACTABILITY
    The quality of being intractable; intractableness. Bp. Hurd.
  • COUNTER WEIGHT
    A counterpoise.
  • SELF-TRUST
    Faith in one's self; self-reliance.
  • MISCHARGE
    To charge erroneously, as in account. -- n.
  • DISCREDITABLE
    Not creditable; injurious to reputation; disgraceful; disreputable. -- Dis*cred"it*a*bly, adv.
  • BYSTANDER
    One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey. Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer.
  • CANDLE POWER
    Illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle.
  • FORWANDER
    To wander away; to go astray; to wander far and to weariness.
  • ENCHARGE
    To charge ; to impose upon. His countenance would express the spirit and the passion of the part he was encharged with. Jeffrey.

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