recognition: approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying"; "the credits were given at the end of the film" money available for a client to borrow an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise; "she already had several performances to her credit"; give someone credit for something; "We credited her for saving our jobs" arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services accredit: give credit for; "She was not properly credited in the program" recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours citation: 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" accounting: enter as credit; "We credit your account with $100" an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of