What does CREDIT mean?

noun

1. approval“give her recognition for trying”
2. money available for a client to borrow
3. an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
4. used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise“she already had several performances to her credit”
5. arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services
6. recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours
7. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage“the student's essay failed to list several important citations”
8. an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work“the credits were given at the end of the film”