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Bank credit, or Cash
credit. See under Cash. -- Bill
of credit. See under Bill. --
Letter of credit, a letter or notification
addressed by a banker to his correspondent, informing him that
the person named therein is entitled to draw a certain sum of
money; when addressed to several different correspondents, or
when the money can be drawn in fractional sums in several
different places, it is called a circular letter of
credit. -- Public credit.
(a) The reputation of, or general confidence
in, the ability or readiness of a government to fulfill its
pecuniary engagements. (b) The ability
and fidelity of merchants or others who owe largely in a
community.

He touched the dead corpse of Public
Credit, and it sprung upon its feet.

D. Webster.

Cred"it (kr&ebreve;d"&ibreve;t), v.
t. [imp. & p. p. Credited;
p. pr. & vb. n. Crediting.]
1. To confide in the truth of; to give
credence to; to put trust in; to believe.

How shall they credit

A poor unlearned virgin?

Shak.


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