credit

Roget category 805

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.9. Possessive relations
›› 5.9.4. Monetary relations

#805. Credit

noun

credit, trust, tick, score, tally, account.
letter of credit, circular note — duplicate — mortgage, lien, debenture, paper credit, floating capital — draft, lettre de creance [Fr.], securities.
creditor, lender, lessor, mortgagee — dun — usurer.
credit account, line of credit, open line of credit.
credit card.

verb

keep an account with, run up an account with — intrust, credit, accredit.
place to one's credit, credit to one's account, place to one's account^† — give credit, take credit — fly a kite^†.

adjective

crediting, credited — accredited.

adverb

on credit etc. n. — on account — to the account of, to the credit of — a compte [Fr.].

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