residual body of Regaud (medicine) and credit 1, noun (oh)

residual body of Regaud (medicine)

residual body of Regaud

The excess cytoplasm that separates from the spermatozoon during spermiogenesis.

credit 1, noun (oh)

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1 ?delayed payment?
2 ?praise?
3 be a credit to somebody/something
4 have something to your credit
5 in credit
6 the credits
7 on the credit side
8 ?university?
9 ?amount of money?
10 ?true/correct?
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[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: credit, from Italian, from Latin creditum 'something given to someone to keep safe, loan', from credere; CREDENCE]
?DELAYED PAYMENT?
[U] an arrangement with a shop, bank etc that allows you to buy something and pay for it later
on credit
::56 per cent of new cars were bought on credit.
::Several stores are offering interest-free credit (=credit with nointerest charges) .
::a credit agreement
::What's the credit limit on your Visa card?
credit facilities
(=the opportunity to buy something on credit)
?PRAISE?
[U] approval or praise that you give to someone for something they have done
credit for
::Credit for this win goes to everybody in the team.
::They never give Gene any credit for all the extra work he does.
take/claim/deserve etc (the) credit
::She deserves credit for trying her best.
to sb's credit
(=used to say that someone has done something good)
::To Jamie's credit, he remained calm.
::Credit must go to Fiona for making sure everything ran smoothly.
be a credit to sb/sth
also do sb/sth credit
to behave so well or be so successful that your family, team etc are proud of you
::She's a credit to her profession.
::Your children really do you credit.
have sth to your credit
to have achieved something
::She already has two successful novels to her credit.
in credit
if you are in credit, you have money in your bank account
::There are no bank charges if you stay in credit.
the credits [plural] a list of all the people involved in making a Film or Television programme, which is shown at the beginning or end of it
on the credit side
used to talk about the good things about someone or something
::On the credit side, the book is extremely well-researched.
?UNIVERSITY?
[C] a successfully completed part of a course at a university or college
::I don't have enough credits to graduate.
?AMOUNT OF MONEY?
[C] an amount of money that is put into someone's bank account or added to another amount
-opposite debit debit
::The company promised to provide credits to customers who had been charged too much.
?TRUE/CORRECT?
[U] the belief that something is true or correct
::The witness's story gained credit with the jury.

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