Credit
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Credit may refer to:
  • Debits and credits
    Debits and credits
    Debit and credit are the two aspects of every financial transaction. Their use and implication is the fundamental concept in the double-entry bookkeeping system, in which every debit transaction must have a corresponding credit transaction and vice versa.Debits and credits are a system of notation...

    , a type of book keeping entry
  • Credit (creative arts)
    Credit (creative arts)
    In general, the term credit in the artistic or intellectual sense refers to an acknowledgement of those who contributed to a work, whether through ideas or in a more direct sense.-Credit in the arts:...

    , acknowledging the ideas or other work of writers and contributors
  • Course credit, a system of measuring academic coursework
  • Credit (finance)
    Credit (finance)
    Credit is the trust which allows one party to provide resources to another party where that second party does not reimburse the first party immediately , but instead arranges either to repay or return those resources at a later date. The resources provided may be financial Credit is the trust...

    , the granting of a loan and the creation of debt. It is any form of deferred payment.
    • Credit rating
      Credit rating
      A credit rating evaluates the credit worthiness of an issuer of specific types of debt, specifically, debt issued by a business enterprise such as a corporation or a government. It is an evaluation made by a credit rating agency of the debt issuers likelihood of default. Credit ratings are...

      , assessment of credit worthiness
    • Credit score
      Credit score
      A credit score is a numerical expression based on a statistical analysis of a person's credit files, to represent the creditworthiness of that person...

      , a representation of credit worthiness

  • Credit (casino)
    Credit (casino)
    Casino credit is a marketing tool that, when used appropriately, can result in significant casino revenues. Casinos such as the Bellagio, Caesars Palace, The Mirage, and the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort rely heavily on casino customers who gamble on credit...

    , a marketing tool that, when used appropriately, can result in significant casino revenues
  • Credit (science fiction), a form of currency in some fictional works
  • Game credits, a count of the current number of games that can be played in pinball
    Pinball
    Pinball is a type of arcade game, usually coin-operated, where a player attempts to score points by manipulating one or more metal balls on a playfield inside a glass-covered case called a pinball machine. The primary objective of the game is to score as many points as possible...

     and arcade game
    Arcade game
    An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...

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See also

  • Credibility
    Credibility
    Credibility refers to the objective and subjective components of the believability of a source or message.Traditionally, modern, credibility has two key components: trustworthiness and expertise, which both have objective and subjective components. Trustworthiness is based more on subjective...

    (or "cred", for short), refers to the objective and subjective components of the believability of a source or message
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