Personal Definition–adjective | 1. | of, pertaining to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion. | | 2. | relating to, directed to, or intended for a particular person: a personal favor; one's personal life; a letter marked “Personal.” | | 3. | intended for use by one person: a personal car. | | 4. | referring or directed to a particular person in a disparaging or offensive sense or manner, usually involving character, behavior, appearance, etc.: personal remarks. | | 5. | making personal remarks or attacks: to become personal in a dispute. | | 6. | done
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, carried out, held, etc., in person: a personal interview. | | 7. | pertaining to or characteristic of a person or self-conscious being: That is my personal belief. | | 8. | of the nature of an individual rational being. | | 9. | pertaining to the body, clothing, or appearance: personal cleanliness. | | 10. | provided for one's discretionary use: Employees are allowed 15 vacation days and two personal days. | | 11. | Grammar. | a. | noting person: In Latin portō “I carry,” -ō is a personal ending. | | b. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the personal pronoun. | | | 12. | Law. of or pertaining to personal property: personal interests. | –noun | 13. | Journalism. | a. | a short news paragraph in a newspaper concerning a particular person, as one who is socially prominent, or a group of particular persons who are socially prominent. | | b. | a brief, private notice in a newspaper or magazine, often addressed to a particular person and typically bearing an abbreviated salutation and signature to preserve its confidentiality, usually printed in a special part of the classified advertising section. | | c. | a similar notice placed by a person seeking companionship, a spouse, etc. | | d. | Usually, personals. a column, page, or section of a newspaper, magazine, etc., featuring such notices or items. | | |
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Credit Definition–noun | 1. | commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.: Give credit where it is due. | | 2. | a source of pride or honor: You are a credit to your school. | | 3. | the ascription or acknowledgment of something as due or properly attributable to a person, institution, etc.: She got a screen credit for photography. | | 4. | trustworthiness; credibility: a witness of credit. | | 5. | confidence in a purchaser's ability and intention to pay, displayed by entrusting the buyer with goods or services without immediate payment. | | 6. | reputation of solvency and probity, entitling a person to be trusted in buying or borrowing: Your credit is good. | | 7. | influence or authority resulting from the confidence of others or from one's reputation. | | 8. | time allowed for payment for goods or services obtained on trust: 90 days' credit. | | 9. | repute; reputation; esteem. | | 10. | a sum of money due to a person; anything valuable standing on the credit side of an account: He has an outstanding credit of $50. | | 11. | Education. | a. | official acceptance and recording of the work completed by a student in a particular course of study. | | | 12. | Bookkeeping. | a. | an entry of payment or value received on an account. | | b. | the right-hand side of an account on which such entries are made (opposed t
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o debit ). | | c. | an entry, or the total shown, on the credit side. | | | 13. | any deposit or sum of money against which a person may draw. | –verb (used with object) | 14. | to believe; put confidence in; trust; have faith in. | | 15. | to bring honor, esteem, etc., to; reflect well upon. | | 16. | Bookkeeping. to enter upon the credit side of an account; give credit for or to. | | 17. | Education. to award educational credits to (often fol. by with): They credited me with three hours in history. | —Verb phrase | 18. | credit to or with, to ascribe to a (thing, person, etc.): In former times many herbs were credited with healing powers. | —Idioms | 19. | do someone credit, to be a source of honor or distinction for someone. Also, do credit to someone. | | 20. | on credit, by deferred payment: Everything they have was bought on credit. | | 21. | to one's credit, deserving of praise or recognition; admirable: It is to his credit that he freely admitted his guilt. | |
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Report Definition–noun | 1. | an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient. | | 2. | a statement or announcement. | | 3. | a widely circulated statement or item of news; rumor; gossip. | | 4. | an account of a speech, debate, meeting, etc., esp. as taken down for publication. | | 5. | a loud noise, as from an explosion: the report of a distant cannon. | | 6. | a statement of a student's grades, level of achievement, or academic standing for or during a prescribed period of time. | | 7. | Computers. output, esp. printed, containing organized information. | | 8. | a statement of a judicial opinion or decision, or of a case argued and determined in a court of justice. | | 9. | reports, Law. a collection of adjudications. | | 10. | repute; reputation; fame: a man of bad report. | –verb (used with object) | 11. | to carry and repeat, as an answer or message; repeat, as what one has heard. | | 12. | to relate, as what has been learned by observation or investigation. | | 13. | to give or render a formal account or statement of: to report a deficit. | | 14. | to send back (a bill, amendment, etc.) to a legislative body with a formal report outlining findings and recommendations (often fol. by out): The committee reported out the bill. | | 15. | to make a charge against (a person), as to a superior: I intend to report him to the dean for cheating. | | 16. | to make known the presence, condition, or whereabouts of: to report a ship missing. | | 17. | to present (oneself) to a person in authority, as in accordance with requirements. | | 18. | to take down (a speech, lecture, etc.) in writing. | | 19. | to write an account of (an event, situation, etc.), as for publication in a newspaper. | –verb (used without object) | 21. | to prepare, make, or submit a report of something observed, investigated, or the like. | | 22. | to serve or work as a reporter, as for a newspaper. | | 23. | to make one's condition or whereabouts known, as to a person in authority: to report sick. | | 24. | to present oneself duly, as at a place: to report to Room 101. | —Idiom | 25. | on report, Military. (of personnel) under restriction pending disciplinary action. | From DictionaryCanada Definition–noun Chiefly Western U.S. |
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