Credit
Credit verb - To explain (something) as being the result of something else.
Hire
Hire verb - To take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum.
Both words in one sentence
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In an episode of The Simpsons Marge discovers that she has a knack for handyman-ing but nobody will hire a female handyman, so she uses Homer as her "beard"; she does the work and he gets the credit.
Source: Behind Every Great Man -
In example, she has a credit rating high enough to hire an entire high tech mercenary unit complete with their carrier flagship and Super Prototype fighters for a high risk rescue mission... with just her credit card.
Source: Uncle Pennybags
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