Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

credit

n. used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise; "she already had several performances to her credit";

credit

n. an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work

credit

n. money available for a client to borrow

commercial, commercial message

n. a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television

credit, course credit

n. recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours

credit, recognition

n. approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying"; "the credits were given at the end of the film"

credit, deferred payment

n. arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services

credit, credit entry

n. an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items

credit, reference, citation, quotation, quote, mention

n. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"

credit

v. have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of

credit

v. give someone credit for something; "We credited her for saving our jobs"

credit, enter as credit

v. accounting: enter as credit; "We credit your account with $100"

commercial

adj. connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises; "commercial trucker"; "commercial TV"; "commercial diamonds"

commercial

adj. of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior; "commercial grade of beef"; "commercial oxalic acid"

commercial

adj. of or relating to commercialism; "a commercial attache"; "commercial paper"; "commercial law"

loan

n. the temporary provision of money (usually at interest)

endorsement, blurb

n. a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books); "the author got all his friends to write blurbs for his book"

acknowledgment, acknowledgement, ack

n. a statement acknowledging something or someone; "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"; "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her"

thanks, thanking

n. an acknowledgment of appreciation

gratefulness, thankfulness, appreciativeness

n. warm friendly feelings of gratitude

gratitude

n. a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation; "he was overwhelmed with gratitude for their help"

blessing, benediction

n. a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection

charge

n. the price charged for some article or service; "the admission charge"

quotation, quote

n. a passage or expression that is quoted or cited

selection, excerpt, extract

n. a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"

passage

n. a section of text; particularly a section of medium length

indictment

n. an accusation of wrongdoing; "the book is an indictment of modern philosophy"

process, summons

n. a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant

hold, buy, believe

v. accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"

acknowledge, recognize, know

v. declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"

acknowledge, admit

v. declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"

credit

v. give someone credit for something; "We credited her for saving our jobs"

acknowledge, recognize, know

v. declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"

acknowledge, admit

v. declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"

credit

v. have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of

remunerative, lucrative, money-making

adj. producing a sizeable profit; "a remunerative business"

bad

adj. below average in quality or performance; "a bad chess player"; "a bad recital"

base

adj. (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; "base coins of aluminum"; "a base metal"

bum, punk, cheap, chintzy, tinny, sleazy, cheesy, crummy, tatty

adj. of very poor quality; flimsy

cardboard, flimsy

adj. resembling cardboard especially in flimsiness; "apartments with cardboard walls"

shoddy, cheapjack, tawdry

adj. cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist

common, crude, coarse

adj. of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population"

coarsened

adj. made coarse or crude by lack of skill

miserable, wretched, execrable, deplorable, woeful

adj. of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"

less

adj. (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality; "no less than perfect"

low-grade

adj. of inferior quality

poor, mediocre, second-rate

adj. moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"

ropey, ropy

adj. (British informal) very poor in quality; "ropey food"; "a ropey performance"

scrawny, scrubby, stunted

adj. inferior in size or quality; "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees"

second-class

adj. of inferior status or quality; "a second-class citizen"; "second-class accommodations"

third-rate

adj. of lesser quality than second-rate

utility, utility-grade

adj. used of beef; usable but inferior

cash, immediate payment

n. prompt payment for goods or services in currency or by check

debit, debit entry

n. an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing

debit, enter as debit

v. enter as debit

noncommercial

adj. not connected with or engaged in commercial enterprises

nonprofit, non-profit-making

adj. not commercially motivated

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