credit : Idioms & Phrases

• a credit by which a person who has give the required security to a bank has liberty to draw to certain extent agreed upon.

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• . See under Cash.

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• . (a) Within the constitution of the United States, a paper issued by a State, on the mere faith and credit of the State, and designed to circulate as money. No State shall "emit bills of credit." U. S. Const. Peters. Wharton. Bouvier (b) Among merchants, a letter sent by an agent or other person to a merchant, desiring him to give credit to the bearer for goods or money.

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• an account with a bank by which a person or house, having given security for repayment, draws at pleasure upon the bank to the extent of an amount agreed upon; called also bank credit and cash account.

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• noun a consumer credit line that can be used up to a certain limit or paid down at any time
  charge account credit; open-end credit.
  

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• noun credit provided by a bank in honoring a customer's overdrafts
  check overdraft credit.
  

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• noun credit granted by a bank to a business concern for commercial purposes
  

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• noun a finance company that makes loans to manufacturers and wholesalers
  commercial finance company.
  

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• noun a letter of credit given to a business concern for commercial purposes
  

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• noun a line of credit extended for personal or household use
  

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

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• noun credit extended by a business to a customer
  open account; charge account.
  

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• noun an analyst who studies the financial statements and financial history of applicants for credit in order to evaluate their creditworthiness
  

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• noun an application for a line of credit
  

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• noun a private firm that maintains consumer credit data files and provides credit information to authorized users for a fee
  

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• noun a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered
  charge plate; charge card; plastic.
  
  • do you take plastic?

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• noun a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high
  liquidity crisis; squeeze.
  

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• noun an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
  credit.
  

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Cre`dit" fon`cier"

Etymology

F. crdit credit & foncier relating to land, landed.

Definitions

1. A company licensed for the purpose of carrying out improvements, by means of loans and advances upon real securities. ]

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• noun a unit of academic credit; one hour a week for an academic semester
  semester hour.
  

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• noun the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
  credit line; line; personal credit line; line of credit; bank line.
  
• noun a line giving the name of the writer of a story or article
  by-line.
  

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Cre`dit" mo`bi`lier"

Etymology

F. crdit credit & mobilier personal, pertaining to personal property.

Definitions

1. 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 crédit foncier on real estate. In practice, however, this distinction has not been strictly observed.

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• noun an order that is received without payment; requires billing at a later date
  bill-me order.
  

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• noun an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments
  credit.
  

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• noun account of payments received; usually the right side of a financial statement
  

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• noun a system for allowing people to purchase things on credit
  

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• noun a cooperative depository financial institution whose members can obtain loans from their combined savings
  

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• noun a loan secured by equity value in the borrower's home
  home equity loan; equity credit line; home loan.
  

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• noun a credit opened by an importer with a bank in an exporter's country to finance an export operation
  

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• noun a cooperative nationwide system of banks and associations providing credit to farmers and related businesses; originally capitalized by the federal government but now owned by its members and borrowers
  FCS.
  

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• noun a guarantee to pay interest and principal on debt; usually issued by the United States Treasury
  

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• noun a loan secured by equity value in the borrower's home
  home equity loan; equity credit line; home loan.
  

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• noun credit opened by an importer at a bank in his own country upon which an exporter may draw
  

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• noun a loan repaid with interest in equal periodic payments
  installment loan.
  

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• etc. See under Attorney, Credit, etc.

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• noun a document issued by a bank that guarantees the payment of a customer's draft; substitutes the bank's credit for the customer's credit
  

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• 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 circular letter of credit.

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• noun the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
  credit line; line; personal credit line; line of credit; bank line.
  

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• noun a consumer credit line that can be used up to a certain limit or paid down at any time
  charge account credit; open-end credit.
  

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• noun credit provided by a bank in honoring a customer's overdrafts
  check overdraft credit.
  

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• credit founded upon evidences of debt, such as promissory notes, duebills, etc.

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• noun the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
  credit line; line; personal credit line; line of credit; bank line.
  

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• noun the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
  credit line; line; personal credit line; line of credit; bank line.
  

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• noun a note acknowledging the source of a published photograph
  

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• . (a) The reputation of, or general confidence in, the ability or readiness of a government to fulfull its pecuniary engagements. (b) The ability and fidelity of merchants or others who owe largely in a community.

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• noun a consumer credit line that can be used up to a certain limit or paid down at any time
  charge account credit; open-end credit.
  

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• noun a direct reduction in tax liability (not dependent on the taxpayer's tax bracket)
  

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• to purchase, on a promise, in fact or in law, to make payment at a future day.

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• to give credit for; to assign as justly due to any one.

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• noun a letter of credit given to a traveler
  traveler's letter of credit.
  

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• noun a letter of credit given to a traveler
  traveler's letter of credit.
  

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