| credit |
| 1. v. To believe; to put credence in. | |
| Someone said there were over 100,000 people there, but I can't credit that. | |
| 2. v. (transitive, accounting) To add to an account (confer debit.) | |
| Credit accounts receivable with the amount of the invoice. | |
| For the payroll period credit employees' tips to their wages paid account and debit their minimum wage payable account. | |
| The full amount of the purchase has been credited to your account. | |
| 3. v. To acknowledge the contribution of. | |
| I credit the town council with restoring the shopping district. | |
| Credit the point guard with another assist. | |
| 4. v. To bring honour or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of. | |
| 5. n. Reliance on the truth of something said or done; faith; trust. | |
| 6. n. Recognition and respect. | |
| I give you credit for owning up to your mistake. | |
| He arrived five minutes late, but to his credit he did work an extra ten minutes at the end of his shift. | |
| 7. n. Acknowledgement of a contribution, especially in the performing arts. | |
| She received a singing credit in last year's operetta. | |
| 8. n. (television/film, usually plural) Written titles and other information about the TV program or movie shown at the beginning and/or end of the TV program or movie. | |
| They kissed, and then the credits rolled. | |
| 9. n. (law, business, finance) A privilege of delayed payment extended to a buyer or borrower on the seller's or lender's belief that what is given will be repaid. | |
| In view of your payment record, we are happy to extend further credit to you. | |
| 10. n. The time given for payment for something sold on trust. | |
| a long credit or a short credit | |
| 11. n. (US) A person's credit rating or creditworthiness, as represented by their history of borrowing and repayment (or non payment). | |
| What do you mean my credit is no good? | |
| 12. n. (accounting) An addition to certain accounts. | |
| 13. n. (tax accounting) A reduction in taxes owed, or a refund for excess taxes paid. | |
| Didn't you know that the IRS will refund any excess payroll taxes that you paid if you use the 45(B) general business credit? | |
| 14. n. A source of value, distinction or honour. | |
| That engineer is a credit to the team. | |
| 15. n. An arbitrary unit of value, used in many token economies. | |
| To repair your star cruiser will cost 100,000 credits. | |
| Would you like to play? I put in a dollar and I've got two credits left. | |
| 16. n. Recognition for having taken a course (class). | |
| If you do not come to class, you will not get credit for the class, regardless of how well you do on the final. | |
| 17. n. A course credit, a credit hour – used as measure if enough courses have been taken for graduation. | |
| Dude, I just need 3 more credits to graduate – I can take socio-linguistics of Swahili if I want. | |
| for |
| 1. conj. (dated) Because. | |
| 2. prep. Towards. | |
| The astronauts headed for the moon. | |
| 3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to. | |
| I have something for you. | |
| 4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of. | |
| We're having a birthday party for Janet. | |
| The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary. | |
| The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala. | |
| 5. prep. Supporting. | |
| All those for the motion raise your hands. | |
| 6. prep. Because of. | |
| He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him. | |
| (UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight. | |
| She was the worse for drink. | |
| 7. prep. Over a period of time. | |
| I've lived here for three years. | |
| They fought for days over a silly pencil. | |
| 8. prep. Throughout an extent of space. | |
| 9. prep. On behalf of. | |
| I will stand in for him. | |
| 10. prep. Instead of, or in place of. | |
| 11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire. | |
| I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday. | |
| He's going for his doctorate. | |
| Do you want to go for coffee? | |
| People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers. | |
| Can you go to the store for some eggs? | |
| I'm saving up for a car. | |
| Don't wait for an answer. | |
| What did he ask you for? | |
| 12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward. | |
| Run for the hills! | |
| He was headed for the door when he remembered. | |
| 13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect. | |
| Fair for its day. | |
| She's spry for an old lady. | |
| 14. prep. Despite, in spite of. | |
| 15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive. | |
| For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.) | |
| All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.) | |
| 16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio | |
| In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day | |
| 17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen. | |
| At close of play, England were 305 for 3. | |
| 18. prep. To be, or as being. | |
| 19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.) | |
| 20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs). | |
| one |
| 1. num. (cardinal) The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number. | |
| In some religions, there is only one god. | |
| In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth. | |
| One person, one vote. | |
| 2. num. (number theory) The first positive number in the set of natural numbers. | |
| 3. num. (set theory) The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set. | |
| 4. num. (mathematics) The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one. | |
| 5. pron. (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group. | |
| The big one looks good. I want the green one. A good driver is one who drives carefully. | |
| 6. pron. (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other. | |
| She offered him an apple and an orange; he took one and left the other. | |
| 7. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general). | |
| One’s guilt may trouble one, but it is best not to let oneself be troubled by things which cannot be changed. One shouldn’t be too quick to judge. | |
| 8. pron. (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing. | |
| "driver", noun: one who drives. | |
| 9. n. The digit or figure 1. | |
| 10. n. (mathematics) The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring. | |
| 11. n. (US) A one-dollar bill. | |
| 12. n. (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single. | |
| 13. n. A joke or amusing anecdote. | |
| 14. n. (colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing. | |
| 15. n. (Internet slang) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1". | |
| A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?! | |
| Someone help me; I'm always losing! | |
| B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1! | |
| Why don't you just go away loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
| 16. adj. Of a period of time, being particular. | |
| One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father’s kingdom for centuries. | |
| 17. adj. Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any. | |
| My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other.". | |
| 18. adj. Sole, only. | |
| He is the one man who can help you. | |
| 19. adj. Whole, entire. | |
| Body and soul are not separate; they are one. | |
| 20. adj. In agreement. | |
| We are one on the importance of learning. | |
| 21. adj. The same. | |
| The two types look very different, but are one species. | |
| 22. adj. Being a preeminent example. | |
| He is one hell of a guy. | |
| 23. adj. Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain". | |
| The town records from 1843 showed the overnight incarceration of one “A. Lincoln”. | |
| 24. v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite. | |
| achievements |
| 1. n. plural of achievement | |
| achievement |
| 1. n. The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment | |
| 2. n. A great or heroic deed or feat; something accomplished by valor or boldness | |
| 3. n. (heraldry) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment. | |
| 4. n. (video games) An award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective in a video game. | |
| Finishing the game does not give you a 100% score until you have unlocked all of the achievements. | |
