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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

信用

Pronunciation / Transliteration: xìnyòng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Credit/ˈkrɛd.ɪt/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #250 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他申请了信用卡来管理开支。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The ability to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future.

    "Many people rely on credit cards to manage their monthly expenses."
  2. 2

    An amount of money that a bank or financial institution will allow a person to borrow.

    "She applied for a credit line to help finance her new business."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin creditum (something entrusted to another, a loan), past participle of credere (to believe, trust), stemming from Proto-Indo-European *kred-dhēk- (to put one's trust in). Historically evolved through Italian credito and French crédit into English by the 16th century, shifting from general belief or trust to financial trust, acknowledgment, and academic units.

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