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crédit

credit

noun kreh-DEE Less Common
People & Society Money

Also means

loan

Usage Note

Crédit covers financial credit (carte de crédit), academic credit (crédits universitaires), and the sense of trustworthiness (donner crédit à quelqu'un). À crédit means 'on credit/hire purchase'. The final 't' is silent. The plural crédits is also used for film credits.

Examples

"Il a acheté la voiture à crédit."

Natural Translation

He bought the car on credit.

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