(a.) Deserving or possessing reputation or esteem; reputable; estimable.
(a.) Bringing credit, reputation, or honor; honorable; as, such conduct is highly creditable to him.
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.
Creed
Definition:
(v. t.) A definite summary of what is believed; esp., a summary of the articles of Christian faith; a confession of faith for public use; esp., one which is brief and comprehensive.
(v. t.) Any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to.
(v. t.) To believe; to credit.
Example Sentences:
(1) What we’re doing is designed to improve people’s lives.” "I don't see race, colour or creed, and neither do my children," he added.
(2) Several former hostages, now safely in Europe, say he had spent the past year true to the creed of his new faith.
(3) Cynics will tell you Camra’s membership know all about identity crises – once the rebels of the 1970s, they’re now mostly older dads and grandads – purists upholding Camra’s “cask only” creed as sacred.
(4) "The first slogan was 'a place for all people, all ages and all creeds.
(5) Theatre is a place where every race, creed, sexuality and gender is equal, is embraced and is loved.
(6) After showings of familiar and already much-anticipated stuff such as Watch Dogs , Assassin's Creed IV , South Park: the Stick of Truth and Mighty Quest for Epic Loot , we got The Crew , a cross-America racing title with seamless player collaboration and competition and lots of levelling up ( read our preview here ).
(7) Under the creed, mourning ceremonies are held for the dead on the third, seventh and 40th days after their passing.
(8) And in the second chapter is a statement on the administration of the muhajir (foreign) mujahid in particular and developing the creed of the Islamic State among the ansar in Syria.
(9) "His commitment to Egypt's national unity is also a testament to what can be accomplished when people of all religions and creeds work together."
(10) After a runner has made the 86-metre sprint (which will take about 12 seconds) there will be a 15-second pause - like a rest in a piece of music, according to Creed.
(11) And we must be a source of hope to the poor, the sick, the marginalized, the victims of prejudice – not out of mere charity, but because peace in our time requires the constant advance of those principles that our common creed describes: tolerance and opportunity; human dignity and justice.
(12) Or the noughties, when the creed of food fetishism hit Borough , bringing with it pork pies that cost as much as a pig, fruits we couldn’t name, herbs bearing the names of the people who found them?
(13) After the creed and some Benjamin Britten, and a blessing and a long round of applause, the man charged with holding together the fractious global Anglican communion as it struggles with the vexed issues of women bishops and same-sex marriage processed out of the cathedral and into the bitterly cold spring afternoon.
(14) Beyond all differences of race or creed, we are one country, mourning together and facing danger together.
(15) And yet, 40-plus years ago, when the idea of a Channel tunnel railway was little more than a half-forgotten Victorian fantasy, St Pancras station was very nearly a martyr to the fundamentalist creeds of "rationalisation" (for which read cost-cutting), "change" (for change's sake) and "modernisation".
(16) And after a lingering look at the graphically stunning Assassin's Creed IV , it was left to Tretton and House to deliver those killer blows to the Xbox One infrastructure.
(17) Go there today and you will walk from a room of 18th-century pastels to an empty gallery with Martin Creed's Turner prize-winning light being turned on and off.
(18) "The more salient issue for the voters was his undermining his own conservative creed by making $1.6m off Freddie Mac, just as he was taking funds from drug companies while advancing a specific health policy," he said.
(19) For the first time since the return of democracy with the collapse of the colonels' regime in 1974, Greeks say that they are determined to take fate into their own hands beyond party or political creed.
(20) He also had a role in Creed, the critically acclaimed boxing movie, for which he was recruited directly by the director, fellow Oakland native Ryan Coogler.