CommonParlance
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Ordinary-language usages. Seeded from the Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025, CC BY 4.0.
Context admission
Admitted. Context admission is separate from purpose assessments and factual verdicts.
Why maintain this knowledge?
No justification recorded. This does not mean the knowledge is unjustified; no applicable assessment has been adopted.
Particular uses
These assessments concern specific investigations, audiences, or applications. They do not replace the default justification or authorize other uses.
No particular uses recorded here.
Review or propose an assessment
Purpose authoring is optional. Propose a more specific default or a particular use only when there is something more specific to say. Each proposal includes its scope and reasoning in one market.
Purpose assessments are separate from factual reasoning and context admission. A missing or denied purpose does not change a factual verdict or prevent context creation.
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credit balance in CommonParlance
- definition an account balance in which credits exceed debits, and the bank owes money to the customer.
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credit bureau in CommonParlance
- definition a private firm that maintains consumer credit data files and provides credit information to authorized users for a fee
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credit card in CommonParlance
- definition a payment card that allows the consumer to build a continuing balance of debt, subject to interest being charged
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credit crunch in CommonParlance
- definition a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high
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credit entry in CommonParlance
- definition an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
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credit exposure in CommonParlance
- definition the amount of money a bank has lent and may lose if it is not paid back.
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credit hour in CommonParlance
- definition a unit of academic credit; one hour a week for an academic semester
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credit line in CommonParlance
- definition the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
- definition a line giving the name of the writer of a story or article
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credit order in CommonParlance
- definition an order that is received without payment; requires billing at a later date
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credit point in CommonParlance
- definition points that express the amount of work load, awarded to students for completing a course, seminar, module etc.
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credit rating in CommonParlance
- definition an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments
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credit side in CommonParlance
- definition account of payments received; usually the right side of a financial statement
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credit system in CommonParlance
- definition a system for allowing people to purchase things on credit
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credit union in CommonParlance
- definition a cooperative depository financial institution whose members can obtain loans from their combined savings
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creditable in CommonParlance
- definition worthy of often limited commendation
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creditably in CommonParlance
- definition to a tolerably worthy extent
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credited in CommonParlance
- definition (usually followed by ‘to’) given credit for
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creditor in CommonParlance
- definition a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists
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credits in CommonParlance
- definition a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film)
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creditworthiness in CommonParlance
- definition trustworthiness with money as based on a person's credit history; a general qualification for borrowing
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creditworthy in CommonParlance
- definition having an acceptable credit rating
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credo in CommonParlance
- definition any system of principles or beliefs
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credulity in CommonParlance
- definition tendency to believe readily
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credulous in CommonParlance
- definition disposed to believe on little evidence
- definition showing a lack of judgment or experience
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credulously in CommonParlance
- definition in a credulous manner