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  • English Word Credibleness Definition The quality or state of being credible; worthiness of belief; credibility.
  • English Word Credibly Definition In a manner inducing belief; as, I have been credibly informed of the event.
  • English Word Credit Definition Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence.
  • English Word Credit Definition Reputation derived from the confidence of others; esteem; honor; good name; estimation.
  • English Word Credit Definition A ground of, or title to, belief or confidence; authority derived from character or reputation.
  • English Word Credit Definition That which tends to procure, or add to, reputation or esteem; an honor.
  • English Word Credit Definition Influence derived from the good opinion, confidence, or favor of others; interest.
  • English Word Credit Definition 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.
  • English Word Credit Definition The time given for payment for lands or goods sold on trust; as, a long credit or a short credit.
  • English Word Credit Definition The side of an account on which are entered all items reckoned as values received from the party or the category named at the head of the account; also, any one, or the sum, of these items; -- the opposite of debit; as, this sum is carried to one's credit, and that to his debit; A has several credits on the books of B.
  • English Word Credit Definition To confide in the truth of; to give credence to; to put trust in; to believe.
  • English Word Credit Definition To bring honor or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.
  • English Word Credit Definition To enter upon the credit side of an account; to give credit for; as, to credit the amount paid; to set to the credit of; as, to credit a man with the interest paid on a bond.
  • English Word Credit foncier Definition A company licensed for the purpose of carrying out improvements, by means of loans and advances upon real securities.
  • English Word Credit mobilier Definition A joint stock company, formed for general banking business, or for the construction of public works, by means of loans on personal estate, after the manner of the credit foncier on real estate. In practice, however, this distinction has not been strictly observed.
  • English Word Creditable Definition Worthy of belief.
  • English Word Creditable Definition Deserving or possessing reputation or esteem; reputable; estimable.
  • English Word Creditable Definition Bringing credit, reputation, or honor; honorable; as, such conduct is highly creditable to him.
  • English Word Creditableness Definition The quality of being creditable.
  • English Word Creditably Definition In a creditable manner; reputably; with credit.
  • English Word Credited Definition of Credit
  • English Word Crediting Definition of Credit
  • English Word Creditor Definition One who credits, believes, or trusts.
  • English Word Creditor Definition One who gives credit in business matters; hence, one to whom money is due; -- correlative to debtor.
  • English Word Creditress Definition Alt. of Creditrix
  • English Word Creditrix Definition A female creditor.
  • English Word Credo Definition The creed, as sung or read in the Roman Catholic church.
  • English Word Credulity Definition Readiness of belief; a disposition to believe on slight evidence.
  • English Word Credulous Definition Apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting.
  • English Word Credulous Definition Believed too readily.