(n.) The quality of being credible; credibleness; as, the credibility of facts; the credibility of witnesses.
Example Sentences:
(1) Power urges the security council to "take the kind of credible, binding action warranted."
(2) The remain side have already targeted Johnson’s credibility in attacks that the Brexiters believe were orchestrated by Downing Street.
(3) Nevertheless, Richard Bacon MP, a member of the Public Accounts Committee, who has tirelessly tracked failings in NHS IT, said last night: "I think the chances that Lorenzo will be turned into a credible and popular product are vanishingly small.
(4) Father Vincent Twomey said that given the damage done by Smyth and the repercussions of his actions, "one way or another the cardinal has unfortunately lost his moral credibility".
(5) But over-promising has left him in a worse position with all three than he was in before, and with his credibility in tatters.
(6) Nevertheless, the historic poll is being touted by foreign governments as the first credible election in half a century.
(7) There are no credible reports of ethnic Russians facing threats in Ukraine.
(8) "The allegations were both serious and credible; the prosecutor should have recognised this and sought to build a prosecution … had police and prosecutors taken a different approach a prosecution might have been possible."
(9) And an increasing number of critics say that no nuclear weapon would be a credible deterrent in any counter-terrorist operation British forces will be engaged in for the foreseeable future.
(10) And despite the initial scepticism, now completely gone says Henry, DCA's transparency and accountability systems and mechanisms are now "some of the most convincing tools to fundraising, credibility and brand recognition" and is used by face-to-face fundraisers, volunteers and PR to promote the organisation.
(11) Providing an upfront, unconditional component to debt relief is critical to provide a strong and credible signal to markets about the commitment of official creditors to ensuring debt sustainability, which in itself could contribute to lowering market financing costs.
(12) The actor and his fee have become the news story, and there's no credible reason to believe that Downey is a HTC fan.
(13) Conservatives are driving the reform debate in Europe and only David Cameron has a credible plan to deliver real change.
(14) In 2008, the same policy was rejected when it was found to have no credible evidence ...
(15) However, a no show from the leader of the Commonwealth's biggest member would be a huge blow to the credibility of the organisation.
(16) Their credibility will be destroyed,” predicts one former Labour cabinet minister.
(17) The New Economics Foundation guessed that it could be anywhere between 3.4 and 8.3p ; 8.3 pence was so far beyond what anyone else forecast that I treated it as scarcely credible.
(18) The most basic mark of credibility for a Democratic campaign is whether it has bought access to the voter file as administered through NGP VAN , the Democratic party’s quasi-official vendor for voting information.
(19) In order to maintain his credibility rating, an aide added that the chancellor had not seen the programmes in which the allegedly racist remarks were made, though he has watched Big Brother in the past.
(20) But you know, my view is that … if you have both a credible threat of force, combined with a rigorous diplomatic effort, that, in fact you can strike a deal."
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.