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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Credit \Cred"it\ (kr[e^]d"[i^]t), n. [F. cr['e]dit (cf. It.
     credito), L. creditum loan, prop. neut. of creditus, p. p. of
     credere to trust, loan, believe. See Creed.]
     1. Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief;
        faith; trust; confidence.
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              When Jonathan and the people heard these words they
              gave no credit unto them, nor received them. --1
                                                    Macc. x. 46.
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     2. Reputation derived from the confidence of others; esteem;
        honor; good name; estimation.
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              John Gilpin was a citizen
              Of credit and renown.                 --Cowper.
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     3. A ground of, or title to, belief or confidence; authority
        derived from character or reputation.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The things which we properly believe, be only such
              as are received on the credit of divine testimony.
                                                    --Hooker.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. That which tends to procure, or add to, reputation or
        esteem; an honor.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I published, because I was told I might please such
              as it was a credit to please.         --Pope.
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     5. Influence derived from the good opinion, confidence, or
        favor of others; interest.
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              Having credit enough with his master to provide for
              his own interest.                     --Clarendon.
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     6. (Com.) 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Credit is nothing but the expectation of money,
              within some limited time.             --Locke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     7. The time given for payment for lands or goods sold on
        trust; as, a long credit or a short credit.
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     8. (Bookkeeping) 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Bank credit, or Cash credit. See under Cash.
  
     Bill of credit. See under Bill.
  
     Letter of credit, a letter or notification addressed by a
        banker to his correspondent, informing him that the person
        named therein is entitled to draw a certain sum of money;
        when addressed to several different correspondents, or
        when the money can be drawn in fractional sums in several
        different places, it is called a circular letter of
        credit.
  
     Public credit.
        (a) The reputation of, or general confidence in, the
            ability or readiness of a government to fulfill its
            pecuniary engagements.
        (b) The ability and fidelity of merchants or others who
            owe largely in a community.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and
                  it sprung upon its feet.          --D. Webster.
            [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Cash \Cash\ (k[a^]sh), n. [F. caisse case, box, cash box, cash.
     See Case a box.]
     A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and
     paid out; a money box. [Obs.]
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           This bank is properly a general cash, where every man
           lodges his money.                        --Sir W.
                                                    Temple.
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           [pounds]20,000 are known to be in her cash. --Sir R.
                                                    Winwood.
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     2. (Com.)
        (a) Ready money; especially, coin or specie; but also
            applied to bank notes, drafts, bonds, or any paper
            easily convertible into money.
        (b) Immediate or prompt payment in current funds; as, to
            sell goods for cash; to make a reduction in price for
            cash.
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     Cash account (Bookkeeping), an account of money received,
        disbursed, and on hand.
  
     Cash boy, in large retail stores, a messenger who carries
        the money received by the salesman from customers to a
        cashier, and returns the proper change. [Colloq.]
  
     Cash credit, an account with a bank by which a person or
        house, having given security for repayment, draws at
        pleasure upon the bank to the extent of an amount agreed
        upon; -- called also bank credit and cash account.
  
     Cash sales, sales made for ready, money, in distinction
        from those on which credit is given; stocks sold, to be
        delivered on the day of transaction.
  
     Syn: Money; coin; specie; currency; capital.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Cash \Cash\, n. [F. caisse case, box, cash box, cash. See Case
     a box.]
     A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and
     paid out; a money box. [Obs.]
  
           This bank is properly a general cash, where every man
           lodges his money.                        --Sir W.
                                                    Temple.
  
           [pounds]20,000 are known to be in her cash. --Sir R.
                                                    Winwood.
  
     2. (Com.)
        (a) Ready money; especially, coin or specie; but also
            applied to bank notes, drafts, bonds, or any paper
            easily convertible into money.
        (b) Immediate or prompt payment in current funds; as, to
            sell goods for cash; to make a reduction in price for
            cash.
  
     Cash account (Bookkeeping), an account of money received,
        disbursed, and on hand.
  
     Cash boy, in large retail stores, a messenger who carries
        the money received by the salesman from customers to a
        cashier, and returns the proper change. [Colloq.]
  
     Cash credit, an account with a bank by which a person or
        house, having given security for repayment, draws at
        pleasure upon the bank to the extent of an amount agreed
        upon; -- called also bank credit and cash account.
  
     Cash sales, sales made for ready, money, in distinction
        from those on which credit is given; stocks sold, to be
        delivered on the day of transaction.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Credit \Cred"it\ (kr[e^]d"[i^]t), n. [F. cr['e]dit (cf. It.
     credito), L. creditum loan, prop. neut. of creditus, p. p. of
     credere to trust, loan, believe. See Creed.]
     1. Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief;
        faith; trust; confidence.
  
              When Jonathan and the people heard these words they
              gave no credit unto them, nor received them. --1
                                                    Macc. x. 46.
  
     2. Reputation derived from the confidence of others; esteem;
        honor; good name; estimation.
  
              John Gilpin was a citizen Of credit and renown.
                                                    --Cowper.
  
     3. A ground of, or title to, belief or confidence; authority
        derived from character or reputation.
  
              The things which we properly believe, be only such
              as are received on the credit of divine testimony.
                                                    --Hooker.
  
     4. That which tends to procure, or add to, reputation or
        esteem; an honor.
  
              I published, because I was told I might please such
              as it was a credit to please.         --Pope.
  
     5. Influence derived from the good opinion, confidence, or
        favor of others; interest.
  
              Having credit enough with his master to provide for
              his own interest.                     --Clarendon.
  
     6. (Com.) 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.
  
              Credit is nothing but the expectation of money,
              within some limited time.             --Locke.
  
     7. The time given for payment for lands or goods sold on
        trust; as, a long credit or a short credit.
  
     8. (Bookkeeping) 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.
  
     Bank credit, or Cash credit. See under Cash.
  
     Bill of credit. See under Bill.
  
     Letter of credit, a letter or notification addressed by a
        banker to his correspondent, informing him that the person
        named therein is entitled to draw a certain sum of money;
        when addressed to several different correspondents, or
        when the money can be drawn in fractional sums in several
        different places, it is called a circular letter of
        credit.
  
     Public credit.
        (a) The reputation of, or general confidence in, the
            ability or readiness of a government to fulfill its
            pecuniary engagements.
        (b) The ability and fidelity of merchants or others who
            owe largely in a community.
  
                  He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and
                  it sprung upon its feet.          --D. Webster.

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  cash credit /kˈaʃ kɹˈɛdɪt/
  Kassenkredit , Kassendarlehen 
     Synonym: cash loan
  
   see: credit, loan, credits, loans, construction credit, building credit, construction loan, building loan, covering loan, takeout credit, takeout loan, massive loan, jumbo loan, cash lendings, immediate loan, standstill credit, standstill loan, trade credit, commodity credit, bridging credit, bridging loan, stopgap loan, interim credit, interim loan, accommodation credit, accommodation loan, on credit, on tick, revolving credit, revolver, distressed loan, bad loan, allow, give, call in money, unsecured loan, home loan, land loan, non-recourse debt, non-recourse finance, rollover credit, rollover loan
  

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