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 |
quality control | maintenance of standards of quality of manufactured goods |
quality | an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone, the quality of mercy is not strained--Shakespeare |
quality caliber calibre | a degree or grade of excellence or worth, the quality of students has risen, an executive of low caliber |
superiority high quality | the quality of being superior |
inferiority low quality | an inferior quality |
parental quality | a quality appropriate to a parent |
motherliness maternalism maternal quality maternity | the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother, the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children |
fatherliness paternal quality | the benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father, the gentleness and fatherliness of the strange old man eased her fears |
timbre timber quality tone | (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound), the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely, the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet |
credit rating credit | an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments |
quality character lineament | a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something, each town has a quality all its own, the radical character of our demands |
credit system | a system for allowing people to purchase things on credit |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
credit deferred payment | arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services |
consumer credit | a line of credit extended for personal or household use |
home loan home equity credit home equity loan equity credit line | a loan secured by equity value in the borrower's home |
installment credit installment loan | a loan repaid with interest in equal periodic payments |
open-end credit revolving credit charge account credit | a consumer credit line that can be used up to a certain limit or paid down at any time |
credit account charge account open account | credit extended by a business to a customer |
credit card charge card charge plate plastic | 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, do you take plastic? |
credit | money available for a client to borrow |
tax credit | a direct reduction in tax liability (not dependent on the taxpayer's tax bracket) |
export credit | a credit opened by an importer with a bank in an exporter's country to finance an export operation |
import credit | credit opened by an importer at a bank in his own country upon which an exporter may draw |
credit line line of credit bank line line personal credit line personal line of credit | the maximum credit that a customer is allowed |
commercial credit | credit granted by a bank to a business concern for commercial purposes |
letter of credit | 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 |
commercial letter of credit | a letter of credit given to a business concern for commercial purposes |
traveler's letter of credit traveller's letter of credit | a letter of credit given to a traveler |
overdraft credit check overdraft credit | credit provided by a bank in honoring a customer's overdrafts |
credit credit entry | an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items |
credit side | account of payments received, usually the right side of a financial statement |
deterioration decline in quality declension worsening | process of changing to an inferior state |
quality | high social status, a man of quality |
quality of life | your personal satisfaction (or dissatisfaction) with the cultural or intellectual conditions under which you live (as distinct from material comfort), the new art museum is expected to improve the quality of life |