Skip to main content

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Preferred term

credit  

Definition

  • CREDIT AS A TERM refers to the granting of goods, services, or money in return for a promise of future payment. The future payment includes an interest or charge for the use of credit or money. [Source: Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Credit]

Narrower concepts

Belongs to group

URI

https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/credit

Download this concept: