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WordBand 4.5–5.5Core (NGSL)
credit
/ˈkɹɛdɪt/
noun1 of 2
system to buy something and pay for it later
- “You can pay in cash or with a credit card.”Tatoeba
- “To participate in the auction, you have to have credits.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
To add to an account.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)