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Gutschrift — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • credit noun Recognition or praise given for something a person has done.
  • rain check noun A polite refusal of an invitation that leaves the door open for another time, almost always in the phrase "take a rain check".

Senses

Gutschrift is used for these senses in English:

  • credit (accounting) An addition to certain accounts; the side of an account on which payments received are entered.
  • credit note (accounting) A commercial document issued by a seller to adjust downwards the amount of an invoice already issued, i.e. to cancel part or all of it.

credit — full definition

  1. noun Recognition or praise given for something a person has done.
  2. noun An arrangement allowing a buyer to pay for goods or services later, or a bank to lend money.
  3. verb To add money to an account.
  4. verb To believe something, or to attribute an achievement to someone.

rain check — full definition

  1. noun A polite refusal of an invitation that leaves the door open for another time, almost always in the phrase "take a rain check".
  2. noun A voucher a shop gives a customer when an advertised item is out of stock, letting them buy it later at the advertised price.
  3. noun A ticket stub entitling the holder to admission to a rescheduled event when the original is called off because of rain.

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