CREDIT
ADJECTIVES
1880 — ONTAKING buying or taking on credit → Sc.
ADVERBS
1642 — ON TICK on credit
1854 — ON THE DINGLE on credit, on trust → Eng. dial.
1862 — JAW-BONE on credit → Amer. sl., orig. Can.
1862 — ON JAWBONE on credit → Amer. dial.
1893 — ON (THE) MACE on credit → Brit. sl.
..L19 — ON ONE’S FACE on credit, for free → US sl.
..20C — ON THE ARM on credit; often implying that no payment will be made → Amer.
..20C — ON THE NOD on credit → Aust. sl.
1927 — ON THE CUFF on credit → orig. US
1974 — ON PUMP on credit → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1999 — ON THE MURRAY COD on credit → Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘on the nod’ (Bk.)
NOUNS
1588 — CREDITRICE the credit side of an account → obs.
1668 — TICK credit; trust; reputation of solvency and probity
..E19 — LIGHT credit → sl.
.M18 — FACE credit at a public house → sl.
1862 — JAWBONE credit → Amer. dial.
1874 — SOCK credit, ‘tick’ → sl.
1909 — MALL credit → metal trades’ sl.
1920 — OBITUARY NOTICE a letter from a creditor → US sl.
1940 — TAB ACTION a line of credit at a bar or any other type of business → African-American sl.
1940 — TAB ISSUE a line of credit at a bar or any other type of business → African-American sl.
1953 — BROWNIE POINT an imaginary credit or award for a good deed → US sl.
1970 — DAP credit, acknowledgement, respect, self-awareness → African-American sl.
1979 — CRED credit → sl.
1992 — FAIR FUCKS credit, merit → Ireland sl.
2000 — BAIL credit → sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1541 — CREDITEE a person who has taken goods or used services on credit → rare
1654 — TALLYMAN a person who supplies goods on credit, to be paid for by instalments
1727 — TALLYWOMAN a woman who sells goods on credit
PHRASES
1928 — ON PUMP on credit → Amer. dial.
VERBS
1596 — TALLY to open or have a credit account with anyone → obs.
1642 — RUN ON TICK to buy on credit, to run into debt
1648 — TICK to take credit; to run into debt, leave one’s debts unpaid → colloq.
1654 — ACCREDITATE to give credit to someone for something; to vouch for, to sanction or countenance → obs.
1672 — GO ON TICK to buy on credit, to run into debt
1760 — PUSH A FACE → PUSH ONE’S FACE to obtain credit by bluff, bluster, or deceit → colloq.
..19C — GIVE IT ON THE MACE → GIVE ON THE MACE to obtain goods on credit and never pay for them → Brit. sl.
..E19 — HAVE ONE’S LIGHT PUT OUT to have one’s credit stopped → sl.
..E19 — STRIKE A LIGHT to open a line of credit → sl.
..E19 — STRIKE THE MACE to obtain goods by persuading the shopkeeper to extend credit that one has no intention of paying → sl.
..E19 — WORK THE MACE to obtain goods by persuading the shopkeeper to extend credit that one has no intention of paying → sl.
1833 — TRUST OUT to supply goods on credit; to give in credit; to loan out money → Amer. dial.
1839 — RUN ONE’S FACE to gain credit on the basis of one’s wits or appearance → Amer. sl.
.M19 — GO ON ONE’S FACE to gain credit on the basis of one’s wits or appearance → sl., orig. US Amer. dial.
.M19 — RUN ONE’S SHAPE FOR to obtain credit → sl., orig. US
1859 — TRAVEL ON ONE’S FACE to gain credit on the basis of one’s wits or appearance → Amer. dial.
1896 — CALL ONE’S JAWBONE to live on credit → sl. (Bk.)
1896 — GET A LIGHT to live on credit → sl. (Bk.)
1896 — GET ON SOCK to live on credit → sl. (Bk.)
1896 — GET ON THE NOD to live on credit → sl. (Bk.)
1896 — GO TICK to live on credit → sl. (Bk.)
1896 — MACE IT to live on credit → sl. (Bk.)
1896 — STRIKE ON THE MACE to live on credit → sl. (Bk.)
1899 — TAKE ON to buy on credit; to get into debt → Sc.
1900 — FAKE to credit, to believe; to give heed to → Sc. (Bk.)
1902 — LAKE to give credit to, to trust → Sc. (Bk.)
1920 — BUY ON THE NEVER TICK to buy on credit → sl.
1941 — JAWBONE to talk someone into extending credit; to buy on credit → Amer. dial.
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