(v. t.) To attribute, impute, or refer, as to a cause; as, his death was ascribed to a poison; to ascribe an effect to the right cause; to ascribe such a book to such an author.
(v. t.) To attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider or allege to belong.
Example Sentences:
(1) The high transition enthalpy for kerasin is ascribed to a lesser accommodation of gauche conformers in the hydrocarbon chains just below the transition temperature.
(2) The high ED50 immediately after vagotomy is ascribed to the sudden fall in the subthreshold release of acetylcholine previously supplied by the intact vagus.
(3) The phenomenon can be ascribed to the decrease in charge density due to the incorporation of dodecyl alcohol into SDS micelles.
(4) The larger accumulation of Mn2+ than of Sr2+ in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is ascribed to the operation of a specific extrusion pump, presumably a Ca2+ pump, which has a higher affinity for Sr2+ than for Mn2+.
(5) The results suggest that in sodium-depleted rats denervation natriuresis can be ascribed neither to strain differences nor to the high sucrose content of the low-sodium diet.
(6) The toxicity at this dose included pericarditis and dyspnoea ascribed to a 'capillary-leak' syndrome.
(7) It is suggested that reduced immunocompetence is the likely mechanism in this case and may also be a contributory factor in those cases which have been ascribed to the use of alkylating agents or radiation.
(8) Based on these characteristics, we tentatively ascribe this activity to hepatic very low density lipoprotein, the serum counterpart of which is known to express many immunoregulatory properties.
(9) The disappearance of this band on heating and at high pH was ascribed to the adoption by the telopeptide of a specific tertiary structure.
(10) The clinical findings ascribed to trisomy 1q and partial monosomy 9p are summarized and compared to this case.
(11) The latter practice has previously been ascribed to imprinting and the soothing sound of the mother's heartbeat on the infant.
(12) Although there was no significant difference in overall mortality between the groups, fewer deaths were ascribed to acute systemic fungal infections in the group receiving fluconazole than in the group receiving placebo (1 of 179 vs. 10 of 177, P less than 0.001).
(13) It is concluded that most, if not all, of these marker enzymes in the Golgi fraction cannot be ascribed to contamination by the non-Golgi organelles.
(14) The finding is at variance with others that ascribe haemostatic changes observed to increased oestrogen content in a given pill formulation and so merits confirmation in a larger study.
(15) In the cases of carminomycin and 6-deoxycarminomycin, which both have another phenolic group at C4, two phenolic ionization processes can be detected in the experimentally accessible pH range (5-12): these are ascribed to C4-OH and C11-OH.
(16) This antigen thus seems to play a role in the intercellular contacts; this is the first function ascribed to this FDC specific antigen.
(17) The pathogenetic investigation suggested that cystic endometriosis in the ovary might mainly be ascribed to the endometrioid metaplasia of the celomic epithelium and that non-cystic endometriosis might occasionally originate from metastasis or implantation of endometrial tissues.
(18) There is a real danger in ascribing New Orleans’ situation over the last decade to the storm.
(19) Since muscle contraction ceases immediately following nerve transection, regardless of nerve stump length, the results can be ascribed to the lack of some neural influence other than nerve-evoked muscle activity.
(20) We conclude that the increase in blood-brain barrier permeability due to amitriptyline may be ascribed at least in part to an increase of pinocytotic activity in brain capillary endothelial cells.
Credit
Definition:
(n.) Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence.
(n.) Reputation derived from the confidence of others; esteem; honor; good name; estimation.
(n.) A ground of, or title to, belief or confidence; authority derived from character or reputation.
(n.) That which tends to procure, or add to, reputation or esteem; an honor.
(n.) Influence derived from the good opinion, confidence, or favor of others; interest.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The time given for payment for lands or goods sold on trust; as, a long credit or a short credit.
(n.) 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.
(v. t.) To confide in the truth of; to give credence to; to put trust in; to believe.
(v. t.) To bring honor or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.
(v. t.) To enter upon the credit side of an account; to give credit for; as, to credit the amount paid; to set to the credit of; as, to credit a man with the interest paid on a bond.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, used effectively, credit can help you to make the most of your money - so long as you are careful!
(2) That is what needs to happen for this company, which started out as a rebellious presence in the business, determined to get credit for its creative visionaries.
(3) But the Franco-British spat sparked by Dave's rejection of Angela and Nicolas's cunning plan to save the euro has been given wings by news the US credit agencies may soon strip France of its triple-A rating and is coming along very nicely, thank you. "
(4) It could provoke the gravest risk, that all three rating agencies declare a credit event and then there are big contagion risks for other countries," he said.
(5) After all, he reminds us, the Smiths can take no credit for the place, having only been born and brought up there, not responsible for its size and stature.
(6) Cape no longer has the monopoly on talent; the stars are scattered these days, and Franklin's "fantastically discriminating" deputy Robin Robertson can take credit for many recent triumphs, including their most recent Booker winner, Anne Enright.
(7) In the UK, George Osborne used this to his advantage, claiming "Britain faces the disaster of having its international credit rating downgraded" even after Moody's ranked UK debt as "resilient".
(8) What about the "credit easing" George Osborne announced in his conference speech?
(9) Markets reacted calmly on Friday to the downgrade by Moody's of 16 European and US banks, with share prices steady after the reduction in credit ratings, which can push up the cost of borrowing for banks which they could pass on to customers.
(10) Not even housebuilders are entirely happy, although recent government policies such as Help to Buy and the encouragement of easy credit have helped their share prices rise.
(11) Top 10 Arpad Cseh Senior investment director, UBS Alice La Trobe Weston Executive director, head of European credit research, MSIM Morgan Stanley Katie Garrett Executive director, senior engineer, Goldman Sachs Alix Ainsley, Charlotte Cherry H R director, group operations (job share), Lloyds Banking Group Matt Dawson Director for business development, The Instant Group Angela Kitching, Hannah Pearce Head of external affairs (job share), Age UK Morwen Williams Head of newsgathering operations, BBC Georgina Faulkner Head of Sky multisports, Sky Maggie Stilwell Managing partner for talent, UK & Ireland, EY Sarah Moore Partner, PwC
(12) Also remember that each time you apply for a loan your credit record is checked, which will leave a footprint of the search.
(13) Sometimes it can seem as if the history of the City is the history of its crises and disasters, from the banking crisis of 1825 (which saw undercapitalised banks collapse – perhaps the closest historic parallel to the contemporary credit crunch), through the Spanish panic of 1835, the railway bust of 1837, the crash of Overend Gurney, the Kaffir boom, the Westralian boom, the Marconi scandal, and so on and on – a theme with endless variations.
(14) It acts as a one-stop shop bringing together credit unions and other organisations, such as Five Lamps , a charity providing loans, and white-goods providers willing to sell products with low-interest repayments.
(15) In 1987 the WI's main concern, writes Robinson, was the "aggressive and indiscriminate sale of credit".
(16) The details also suggest ministers have still to resolve some key issues including how credit is to be paid and whether to include child tax credit and council tax benefit.
(17) If figurative language is defined as involving intentional violation of conceptual boundaries in order to highlight some correspondence, one must be sure that children credited with that competence have (1) the metacognitive and metalinguistic abilities to understand at least some of the implications of such language (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980; Nelson, 1974; Nelson & Nelson, 1978), (2) a conceptual organization that entails the purportedly violated conceptual boundaries (Lange, 1978), and (3) some notion of metaphoric tension as well as ground.
(18) He argues that whenever you have periods of crazy expansion of virtual credit, like today, you either have to have a safety valve of forgiveness, like in Mesopotamia where you wiped the tablets clean every seven years, or you have an outbreak of social violence so intense you rip society apart.
(19) Since they were established they have been credited with changing the face of children and family services, identifying disadvantaged children and families and providing targeted support.
(20) The market is lightly regulated and any problems could ripple out into a wider credit crunch.