Apply
Credit
Credit verb - To explain (something) as being the result of something else.
Common collocations
| power | apply power | credit power |
Both words in one sentence
- Because the boost in your credit score received by being a homeowner with a mortgage would help you if you needed to take out a loan or apply for a credit card and you could borrow against equity in that house.
- Joey has to pay off a credit card debt to his father, and when trying to apply at Kaiba Corp, he & Seto get Snowed in.
Source: Fanfic Recs / Yu-Gi-Oh! -
This can apply in cases where the credit will quickly be misappropriated, as when working for the Glory Hound, or when a Fake Ultimate Hero is present.
Source: What You Are in the Dark
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