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credit

 
/ˈkred·ɪt/ n [U] (PAYMENT LATER)

Definition

a method of buying goods or services that allows you to pay for them in the future: We bought our sofa on credit. The bank offers small businesses credit.
(Definition of credit n (PAYMENT LATER) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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