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verb [transitive] British English pronunciation: credit /ˈkredɪt/ 
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present tense
I/you/we/theycredit
he/she/itcredits
present participlecrediting
past tensecredited
past participlecredited
  1. 1
    to add an amount of money to an account
    credit someone/something with something:

    Your account has been credited with the amount owed.

    credit something to someone/something:

    The money will be credited to your account by the end of business tomorrow.

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  2. 2
    [usually in negatives or questions] to believe that something is true
    scarcely/hardly credit something:

    I could scarcely credit what had happened.

    credit that:

    It was hard to credit that he had once been an actor.

    would you credit it? (=it’s very surprising):

    Would you credit it? – She’s passed all her exams!

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