Part 2562

<h1>Credibleness</h1> <Xpage=342>

<hw>Cred"i*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being credible; worthness of belief; credibility.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Credibly</h1> <Xpage=342>

<hw>Cred"i*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a manner inducing belief; <as>as, I have been <ex>credibly</ex> informed of the event</as>.</def>

<h1>Credit</h1> <Xpage=342>

<hw>Cred"it</hw> <tt>(kr?d"?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cr<?/dit</ets> (cf. It. <ets>credito</ets>), L. <ets>creditum</ets> loan, prop. neut. of <ets>creditus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>credere</ets> to trust, loan, believe. See <er>Creed</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence.</def>

<blockquote>When Jonathan and the people heard these words they gave no <b>credit</b> into them, nor received them. <i>1 Macc. x. 46.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Reputation derived from the confidence of others; esteem; honor; good name; estimation.</def>

<blockquote>John Gilpin was a citizen Of <b>credit</b> and renown. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A ground of, or title to, belief or confidence; authority derived from character or reputation.</def>

<blockquote>The things which we properly believe, be only such as are received on the <b>credit</b> of divine testimony. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>That which tends to procure, or add to, reputation or esteem; an honor.</def>

<blockquote>I published, because I was told I might please such as it was a <b>credit</b> to please. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Influence derived from the good opinion, confidence, or favor of others; interest.</def>

<blockquote>Having <b>credit</b> enough with his master to provide for his own interest. <i>Clarendon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>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>as, to buy goods on <ex>credit</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Credit</b> is nothing but the expectation of money, within some limited time. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>The time given for payment for lands or goods sold on trust; <as>as, a long <ex>credit</ex> or a short <ex>credit</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <fld>(Bookkeeping)</fld> <def>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 <i>debit</i>; <as>as, this sum is carried to one's <ex>credit</ex>, and that to his <ex>debit</ex>; A has several <i>credits</i> on the books of B.</as></def>

<cs><mcol><col>Bank credit</col>, &or; <col>Cash credit</col></mcol>. <cd>See under <er>Cash</er>.</cd> -- <col>Bill of credit</col>. <cd>See under <er>Bill</er>.</cd> -- <col>Letter of credit</col>, <cd>a letter or notification addressed by a banker to his correspondent, informing him that the person named therein is entitled to draw a certain sum of money; when addressed to several different correspondents, or when the money can be drawn in fractional sums in several different places, it is called a <i>circular letter of credit</i>.</cd> -- <col>Public credit</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The reputation of, or general confidence in, the ability or readiness of a government to fulfull its pecuniary engagements.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The ability and fidelity of merchants or others who owe largely in a community.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>He touched the dead corpse of <b>Public Credit</b>, and it sprung upon its feet. <i>D. Webster.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Credit</h1> <Xpage=342>

<hw>Cred"it</hw> <tt>(kr?d"?t)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Credited</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Crediting</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To confide in the truth of; to give credence to; to put trust in; to believe.</def>

<blockquote>How shall they <b>credit</b> A poor unlearned virgin? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To bring honor or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.</def>

<blockquote>You <b>credit</b> the church as much by your government as you did the school formerly by your wit. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Bookkeeping)</fld> <def>To enter upon the credit side of an account; to give credit for; <as>as, to <ex>credit</ex> the amount paid</as>; to set to the credit of; <as>as, to <ex>credit</ex> a man with the interest paid on a bond</as>.</def>