Credit: Definition and additional resources from BNET
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Business Definition for: Credit

  • the amount of money left over when an individual or organization has more assets than liabilities, and those liabilities are subtracted from the total of the assets
  • the trust that a lender has in a borrower's ability to repay a loan, or a loan itself
  • a financial arrangement between the vendor and the purchaser of a good or service by which the purchaser may buy what he or she requires, but pay for it at a later date

Wiktionary Definition for: Credit

  • To believe.
  • Ex: ''Someone said there had been over 100,000 people there, but I can't '''credit''' that.''
  • (''accounting'') To add to an account (confer debit.)
  • Ex: '''''Credit''' accounts receivable with the amount of the invoice.''
  • Ex: ''For the payroll period '''credit''' employees' tips to their wages paid account and debit their minimum wage payable account.''
  • Ex: ''The full amount of the purchase has been '''credited''' to your account.''
  • To acknowledge a contribution.
  • Ex: ''I '''credit''' the town council with restoring the shopping district.''
  • Ex: '''''Credit''' the point guard with another assist.''
  • uncountable : Recognition and respect.
  • Ex: ''I give you '''credit''' for owning up to your mistake.''
  • (''accounting'') An amount added to an account (confer debit.)
  • (''tax accounting'') A reduction in taxes owed, or a refund for excess taxes paid.
  • Ex: ''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'''?''
  • A valuable member.
  • Ex: ''That point guard is a '''credit''' to the team.''
  • (''finance'') The ability to borrow funds.
  • Ex: ''In view of your payment record, we are happy to extend further '''credit''' to you.''
  • One's credit rating.
  • Ex: ''What do you mean my '''credit''' is no good?''
  • A fictitious unit of currency often used in science fiction.
  • Ex: ''To repair your star cruiser will cost 100,000 '''credits'''.''
  • (''video gaming, pinball'') A game earned or paid for but yet to be played.
  • Ex: ''Would you like to play? I put in a dollar and I've got two '''credits''' left.''

Additional Resources

Managing Your Credit
Your credit report is an electronic record of your credit activities. These activities range from borrowing to buy a car or a home to applying for a loan or credit card. More importantly, a credit report is a record of how you use credit and how much of it you...
Tags: Credit, Business Week, Sales Channel, Monitors & Displays, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Sales, Hardware, Components, Finance
White papers 2003-09-08
You And Your Credit Record
How can you determine whether you are building a credit rating and are considered creditworthy? What can you do to make sure you are establishing a credit record in your own right? A fast way of finding out whether you have a credit rating is to look at your financial...
Tags: Financial Accounting, Financial, Finance
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How Can I Establish--or Rebuild--Good Credit?
If you do not have a well-established credit history, you should begin to build one. The article says that the trick is to start small: try applying for credit with a local business, such as a department store or a local bank or credit union. These local merchants may have...
Tags: E-Loan, Article, Credit History
White papers 2003-01-01
When to get a credit report
This article says that before you apply for a credit card or loan, you should review a copy of your credit report from each of the three major bureaus to avoid any surprises. A copy of your credit report from each bureau generally costs $9. Some states, including California and...
Tags: Business Week, Report, Financial Accounting, Sales Channel, Finance, Sales, Bureau
White papers 2003-09-08
Why Business Credit Is a Must for Every Business Owner!
Most business owner have no idea that they can establish business credit and even fewer know how to how to establish business credit. If owners would take the time necessary to educate themselves about establishing credit they would no longer have to use their personal funds for start up capital...
Tags: Business, Managerial Accounting, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Finance, Sales
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Repair your credit
Improving or repairing your credit is a process that focuses on improving lenders' perceptions of you as a credit risk. Your credit score is an important component in shaping those decisions. By taking steps to improve your credit score, you can improve your creditworthiness. When you review your credit score,...
Tags: Business Week, Sales Channel, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Sales, Finance
White papers 2003-09-08
The Credit Department of the Future
This paper assesses that what does Credit Department mean for the average credit manager? Credit professionals need to redouble their investment in their own professional development. Credit managers should stay current with technological changes, and embrace the changes that reduce cost and headcount and/or make the credit department more efficient...
Tags: Finance, Investment, Computer Sciences Corp.
White papers 1995-01-01
Your Credit System
Credit allows your customer to obtain your goods or services in return for a promise to pay in the future. Today credit shopping is a way of life for many people. You will need to make several decisions on how you will advance credit to your customers. Businesses today must...
Tags: Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Financial Services, Customer
White papers 2003-01-01
Rebuilding Your Credit--Bouncing Back From a Checkered credit past
If you have had credit difficulties in the past, don't give up--it is possible to bounce back and rebuild your credit history. The important thing to remember is that from now on, any new credit you open must be paid on time--every time. You will begin creating a better credit...
Tags: E-Loan, Credit
White papers 2003-01-01
Understanding Credit
There are two ways to pay for something you buy. One way is to pay immediately by giving the seller cash or a check, the other payment is to use "credit" which is usually in the form of a credit card or store credit. Credit allows the consumer to buy...
Tags: Sales Channel, Credit Card, Financial Services, Sales
White papers 2003-01-01
Credit Approval Letter
Use this template to welcome and inform the new customers that their application for credit has approved, and to explain his or her credit limit and billing or credit terms.
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Tools & templates 2008-01-01
Managing Credit Risk: The Challenge For The New Millennium
Credit Risk is a global challenge in high and low risks regions. This presentation overviews the new BIS guidelines on capital allocation, credit risk management issues & credit culture importance, the pricing of credit risk assets, credit scoring and rating systems, traditional and non-traditional credit scoring systems, a model for...
Tags: Emerging Market, Credit Risk Management, Marketing Research, Financial Services, Credit Risk, Credit, Marketing
Presentations 2003-01-01
Credit Insurance
Credit insurance comes in a variety of forms. Typical credit insurance coverage include credit life, credit disability, involuntary unemployment, and credit property insurance. Separate overages such as those listed above are often bundled together and marketed as one packaged product. It is possible that you will only find value in...
Tags: Corporate Insurance, Exception, Credit Insurance, Business Operations, Insurance
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Keeping Track Of Your Credit Score Can Help You Avoid Bankruptcy
Having a copy of your credit score can most often mean the difference between going deeper into debt and getting out of it. Because most people do not keep track of their credit score, they often go into deep debt without even realizing it. Every time you are late making...
Tags: Creditor, Score, Bankruptcy, Articlesisland.com, Litigation, Operational Accounting, Business Operations, Finance
White papers 2006-10-25
Getting A Credit Card After Bankruptcy
Getting a credit card after bankruptcy to start rebuilding your credit rating is a marathon, not a sprint. You must carefully plan when and how to use your credit card so that it becomes an asset instead of a liability. Make sure that you pay off the full balance each...
Tags: Credit Card, Bankruptcy, Articlesisland.com, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Litigation, Sales, Business Operations
White papers 2007-07-10
Bankruptcy Credit Card: How Choose One
There are many credit card issuers out there promoting what some people refer to as "Bankruptcy credit cards" - that is, credit cards for people who have a bankruptcy on their credit report. Of course, these credit card issuers target individuals with poor credit in general, not just those with...
Tags: Litigation, Bankruptcy, EzineArticles.com, Credit Card, Business Operations
White papers 2006-02-05
Credit-repair services
The author of this article says that credit card services are one that belongs to a reputable membership organization and is independently accredited. Credit-repair firms often aim to improve your credit history by taking shortcuts or finding other timesaving measures. Unscrupulous credit-repair services promise to end your credit woes with...
Tags: Credit History, Service
White papers 2003-09-08
What is a Credit Report
This article focuses different type of credit reports that are maintained in business finances. A consumer credit report is a document that contains a factual record of an individual's credit payment history. Credit grantors are permitted by law to review your credit report to objectively determine whether to grant...
Tags: Finance, Consumer Credit, Operational Accounting, Payment
White papers 2002-01-01
When to Care About Your Credit
Shopping for a home or school loan? Been denied credit? Just curious about how the financial world judges you? All are great reasons to check up on your credit. How often should you check up on your credit? The best answer for any individual will depend on a number of...
Tags: Financial, Credit, Financial Accounting, Finance
White papers 2003-01-01
Mortgage & Refinancing After Bankruptcy - You Can Re-Build Your Credit
There are two kinds of credit so as to reconstruct one's credit score: installment basis like for example auto loans, student loans and mortgages; revolving credit which includes home equity lines of credit and credit cards. This paper discusses the installment type of credit. Among the loans mentioned, the easiest...
Tags: Capital Structures, Mortgages, Bankruptcy, EzineArticles.com, Finance
White papers 2006-05-24
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