Talk:credit
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Sense: A valuable member. Usex: That engineer is a credit to the team.
Definition is not substitutable in the usage example and could not be substituted freely for "a valuable member": "He is a valuable member/*credit of the association". DCDuring TALK 00:55, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
- The definition is along the right lines, but doesn't work, as you say. Mglovesfun (talk) 11:38, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
- Changed definition to "A source of value, distinction or honour." Now works with ... to ... SemperBlotto 08:25, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
Missing transitive sense?[edit]
Chambers 1908 has "to sell or lend to on trust". Is this covered? How is it used, and what would the transitive object be: the person who receives the goods, or the goods themselves? Equinox ◑ 22:29, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
idiom: to someone's credit[edit]
[uncountable] 1. to one's credit, deserving of praise: To his credit he did admit his mistake. 2. belonging to one; having as one's accomplishments: He had thirty published articles to his credit. https://www.wordreference.com/definition/credit
--Backinstadiums (talk) 12:33, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
Use by rollercoaster enthusiasts[edit]
I have learned online that rollercoaster enthusiasts speak of having a "credit" or "cred" for each coaster they have ridden, analogous to the birdwatcher's "tick" for each species sighted. Equinox ◑ 19:59, 24 September 2023 (UTC)