credit

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun approval
  2. noun money available for a client to borrow
  3. noun an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French crédit (“belief, trust”), from Latin crēditum (“a loan, credit”), neuter of crēditus, past participle of crēdere (“to believe”). The verb is from the noun. Doublet of shraddha, creed.

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