Commit and Credit

• (v.t.) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.
• (v.t.) To confound.
• (v.i.) To sin; especially, to be incontinent.
• (v.t.) To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.
• (v.t.) To join for a contest; to match; -- followed by with.
• (v.t.) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step; -- often used reflexively; as, to commit one's self to a certain course.
• (v.t.) To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin or fault.

verb

• Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.
  • usage: "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
  • synonyms: perpetrate, pull
• Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.
  • usage: "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
  • synonyms: give, dedicate, consecrate, devote
• Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.
  • usage: "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
  • synonyms: institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge
• Confer a trust upon.
  • usage: "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
  • synonyms: entrust, intrust, trust, confide
• Make an investment.
  • usage: "Put money into bonds"
  • synonyms: invest, put, place
• Engage in or perform.
  • usage: "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"
  • synonyms: practice

(DoD) The process of committing one or more air interceptors or surface-to-air missiles for interception against a target track.

noun

• Approval.
  • usage: "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying"
  • synonyms: recognition
• Money available for a client to borrow.
• An accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items.
  • synonyms: credit entry
• Used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise.
  • usage: "she already had several performances to her credit";
• Arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services.
  • synonyms: deferred payment
• Recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours.
  • synonyms: course credit
• A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: citation, cite, acknowledgment, reference, mention, quotation
• An entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work.
  • usage: "the credits were given at the end of the film"
• An estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments.
  • synonyms: credit rating

verb

• Give someone credit for something.
  • usage: "We credited her for saving our jobs"
• Ascribe an achievement to.
  • usage: "She was not properly credited in the program"
  • synonyms: accredit
• Accounting: enter as credit.
  • usage: "We credit your account with $100"
• Have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of. .

• (n.) A ground of or title to, belief or confidence; authority derived from character or reputation.
• (v.t.) To bring honor or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.
• (v.t.) To enter upon the credit side of an account; to give credit for; as, to credit the amount paid; to set to the credit of; as, to credit a man with the interest paid on a bond.
• (n.) That which tends to procure or add to, reputation or esteem; an honor.
• (n.) Trust given or received; expectation of future playment for property transferred or of fulfillment or promises given; mercantile reputation entitling one to be trusted; -- applied to individuals, corporations, communities or nations; as, to buy goods on credit.
• (n.) The side of an account on which are entered all items reckoned as values received from the party or the category named at the head of the account; also, any one or the sum, of these items; -- the opposite of debit; as, this sum is carried to one's credit, and that to his debit; A has several credits on the books of B.
• (n.) Influence derived from the good opinion, confidence or favor of others; interest.
• (n.) Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence.
• (n.) The time given for payment for lands or goods sold on trust; as, a long credit or a short credit.
• (n.) Reputation derived from the confidence of others; esteem; honor; good name; estimation.
• (v.t.) To confide in the truth of; to give credence to; to put trust in; to believe.

Credit generally refers to the ability of a person or organization to borrow money, as well as the arrangements that are made for repaying the loan and the terms of the repayment schedule. If you are well qualified to obtain a loan, you are said to be credit-worthy. Credit is also used to mean positive cash entries in an account. For example, your bank account may be credited with interest. In this sense, credit is the opposite of debit, which means money is taken from your account.