credit | used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise, she already had several performances to her credit |
credit course credit | recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed, typically measured in semester hours |
semester hour credit hour | a unit of academic credit, one hour a week for an academic semester |
loan approval | formal authorization to get a loan (usually from a bank) |
amphetamine pep pill upper speed | a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite, used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression |
fixer-upper | a house or other dwelling in need of repair (usually offered for sale at a low price) |
loan office | an office where loans are negotiated and repaid |
pawnbroker's shop pawnshop loan office | a shop where loans are made with personal property as security |
rerebrace upper cannon | cannon that provides plate armor for the upper arm |
second balcony family circle upper balcony peanut gallery | rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats |
upper | piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot, Uppers come in many styles |
upper berth upper | the higher of two berths |
upper deck | a higher deck |
upper surface | the side that is uppermost |
stiff upper lip | selfestraint in the expression of emotion (especially fear or grief), the British like to keep a stiff upper lip |
upper hand whip hand | position of advantage and control |
upper jaw upper jawbone maxilla maxillary | the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium |
upper respiratory tract | the nose and throat and trachea |
credit rating credit | an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments |
credit system | a system for allowing people to purchase things on credit |
loanblend loan-blend hybrid | a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root) |
loanword loan | a word borrowed from another language, e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English |
calque calque formation loan translation | an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language, `superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch' |
credit | an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work, the credits were given at the end of the film |
by-line credit line | a line giving the name of the writer of a story or article |
credit application | an application for a line of credit |
loan application | an application to borrow money |
credit order bill-me order | an order that is received without payment, requires billing at a later date |
full faith and credit | a guarantee to pay interest and principal on debt, usually issued by the United States Treasury |
recognition credit | approval, give her recognition for trying, he was given credit for his work, give her credit for trying |
citation cite acknowledgment credit reference mention quotation | 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 |
photo credit | a note acknowledging the source of a published photograph |
loan collection | a number of pictures loaned by their owners for exhibition |
credit union | a cooperative depository financial institution whose members can obtain loans from their combined savings |
credit bureau | a private firm that maintains consumer credit data files and provides credit information to authorized users for a fee |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Freddie Mac FHLMC | a corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages |
upper class upper crust | the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy |
consumer finance company small loan company | a finance company that makes loans to people who have trouble getting a bank loan |
industrial bank industrial loan company | a finance company that makes small loans to industrial workers |
commercial finance company commercial credit company | a finance company that makes loans to manufacturers and wholesalers |
Farm Credit System FCS | 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 |
savings and loan savings and loan association | a thrift institution that is required by law to make a certain percentage of its loans as home mortgages |
Home Loan Bank | one of regional banks that monitor and make short-term credit advances to thrift institutions in their region |
Federal Home Loan Bank System | the central credit system for thrift institutions |
upper limit | the limit on the upper (or northernmost) side of something |
top top side upper side upside | the highest or uppermost side of anything, put your books on top of the desk, only the top side of the box was painted |
Burkina Faso Upper Volta | a desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa, was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in |
Upper Egypt | one of the two main administrative districts of Egypt, extends south from Cairo to Sudan |
Haute-Normandie Upper-Normandy | a division of Normandy |
Angara Angara River Tunguska Upper Tunguska | a river in southeastern Siberia that flows northwest from Lake Baikal to become a tributary of the Yenisei River |