Credit definition in English

Here are the main definitions of credit

1. The ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future.

2. An entry recording a sum of money received into an account.

3. Publicly acknowledge a contributor’s role in the production of something.

Credit in Swahili

The translation of credit in Swahili depends on the above context:

• Credit (buy goods or services before payment) in Swahili is translated as: mkopo, karadha.
• Credit (acknowledgement) in Swahili iis translated as: tambua, sifa.
• Credit (money received) in Swahili is translated as: malipo.
• Credit card in Swahili is translated as: kadi ya mkopo

Examples of credit in Swahili in sentences

• Tambua mchango wa kila mtu anayestahili. (Give credit where credit is due.)
• Kadi yako ya mkopo haitumiki tena. (Your credit card is no longer valid.)
• Hii itamletea sifa. (This will redound to his credit.)
• Namtambua kwa kiasi fulani. (I credit him with a certain amount of sense.)
• Je, mnkubali kadi za mkopo? (Do you accept credit cards?)
• Alishtakiwa kwa udanganyifu wa kadi ya mkopo. (She was charged with credit card fraud.)
• Alinunua fanicha kwa mkopo. (He bought the furniture on credit.)
• Duka hili halitoi mkopo. (This store does not give credit.)
• Je, unatambua maneno ya mtu huyo? (Do you give credit to what the man said?)
• Sifa yote ni yako. (All the credit goes to you.)
• Hakupata sifa kwa kutatua tatizo. (She got no credit for solving the problem.)
• Viwango vya juu vya riba hufanya mkopo kuwa ghali. (High interest rates make credit expensive.)
• Kulipa kwa kadi ya mkopo ni rahisi sana. (It is very convenient to pay by credit card.)
• Tulinunua mashine ya kuosha vyombo kwa mkopo. (We bought the dishwasher on credit.)
• Benki inapanga kupanua huduma zake za mkopo. (The bank plans various extensions to its credit facilities.)
• Lazima nirejeshe kadi yangu ya mkopo kutoka kwa mhudumu. (I must retrieve my credit card from the waiter.)
• Unalipa kwa pesa taslimu au kadi ya mkopo? (Are you paying in cash or by credit card?)
• Biashara ya kadi ya mkopo imeshuka, na wakopaji wengi wanashindwa kulipa mikopo yao. (The credit card business is down, and more borrowers are defaulting on loans.)
• Kasoro ya msingi ya baba ni kwamba wanataka watoto wao wawape sifa. (The fundamental defect of fathers is that they want their children to be a credit to them.)