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credit
What does credit mean?
credit (noun): money available for a client to borrow.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce credit?
/ˈkɹɛdət/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does credit come from?
Borrowed from Middle French crédit (“belief, trust”), from Latin crēditum (“a loan, credit”), neuter of crēditus, past participle of crēdere (“to believe”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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money available for a client to borrow
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