| 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 |
| borrowing adoption | the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source, the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent |
| foreign direct investment | a joint venture between a foreign company and a United States company |
inhalation
inspiration
aspiration
intake breathing in | the act of inhaling, the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing |
consumption ingestion
intake
uptake | the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) |
| foreign direct investment | investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business) |
| borrowing | obtaining funds from a lender |
breeding bringing up
fostering
fosterage
nurture
raising rearing
upbringing | helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community, they debated whether nature or nurture was more important |
raising hell
hell raising | making trouble just for the fun of it |
| air-intake | a duct that admits air to be mixed with fuel |
intake
inlet | an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container |
| intake manifold | a manifold consisting of a pipe to carry fuel to each cylinder in an internalombustion engine |
| intake valve | a valve that controls the flow of fluid through an intake |
raising
rearing
nurture | the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child |
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 |
gross anatomy
macroscopic anatomy | the study of the structure of the body and its parts without the use of a microscope |
| 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 |
sale in gross
contract of hazard | a sale of a tract of land as a whole without a warranty as to the acreage |
credit order
bill-me order | an order that is received without payment, requires billing at a later date |
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
FISA | an act passed by Congress in to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, intended to increase United States counterintelligence, separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance |
| foreign policy | a policy governing international relations |
| 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 |
opening
opening night
curtain raising | the first performance (as of a theatrical production), the opening received good critical reviews |
elevation
lift
raising | the event of something being raised upward, an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon, a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity |
| Foreign Office | the government department in charge of foreign relations |
French Foreign Office
Quai d'Orsay | the French department in charge of foreign affairs, referred to familiarly by its address in Paris |
| Foreign Service | the part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world |
| foreign country | any state of which one is not a citizen, working in a foreign country takes a bit of getting used to |
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW | an organization of United States war veterans |
| credit union | a cooperative depository financial institution whose members can obtain loans from their combined savings |
| foreign legion | a military unit composed of foreign volunteers who serve the state |
| French Foreign Legion | a former foreign legion in the French army that was used for military duties outside of France |
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
F.I.S.C. | a secret federal court created in by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, responsible for authorizing wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance and for authorizing searches of suspected spies and terrorists by the Department of Justice or United States intelligence agencies |
Foreign Intelligence Service
Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki
SVR | Russia's intelligence service responsible for foreign operations, intelligence-gathering and analysis, and the exchange of intelligence information, collaborates with other countries to oppose proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism and organized crime |
| credit bureau | a private firm that maintains consumer credit data files and provides credit information to authorized users for a fee |
terrorist organization
terrorist group
foreign terrorist organization
FTO | a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals |
legation
foreign mission | a permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister |
mission missionary post
missionary station
foreign mission | an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work |
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 |
| credit analyst | an analyst who studies the financial statements and financial history of applicants for credit in order to evaluate their creditworthiness |
| foreign agent | a spy for a foreign country |