An anonymous rhymed version of this is “Credit, like a lookin-glass, broken once, is gone, alas!” and, from John Ray’s Proverbs there’s “Credit lost is like Venice glass broken.”
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Noun | 1. | credit - approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying" commendation, approval - a message expressing a favorable opinion; "words of approval seldom passed his lips" ovation, standing ovation - enthusiastic recognition (especially one accompanied by loud applause) salutation, salute - an act of honor or courteous recognition; "a musical salute to the composer on his birthday" |
2. | credit - money available for a client to borrow assets - anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company cheap money - credit available at low rates of interest 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 bank line, credit line, line of credit, personal credit line, personal line of credit, line - 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 | |
3. | credit - an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items debit, debit entry - an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing | |
4. | credit - used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise; "she already had several performances to her credit"; accomplishment, achievement - the action of accomplishing something | |
5. | credit - arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services payment - a sum of money paid or a claim discharged immediate payment, cash - prompt payment for goods or services in currency or by check | |
6. | credit - recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours attainment - the act of achieving an aim; "the attainment of independence" credit hour, semester hour - a unit of academic credit; one hour a week for an academic semester | |
7. | ![]() annotation, notation, note - a comment or instruction (usually added); "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope" photo credit - a note acknowledging the source of a published photograph cross-index, cross-reference - a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work | |
8. | 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" title - a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work; "the novel had chapter titles" motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, film, picture show, flick, picture - a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" | |
9. | credit - an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments approximation, estimate, estimation, idea - an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take" | |
Verb | 1. | credit - give someone credit for something; "We credited her for saving our jobs" |
2. | credit - ascribe an achievement to; "She was not properly credited in the program" | |
3. | credit - accounting: enter as credit; "We credit your account with $100" finance - sell or provide on credit debit - enter as debit | |
4. | credit - have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of believe - credit with veracity; "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?" |