Credit and Response

Credit

Credit noun - The right to take possession of goods before paying for them.

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Response and credit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Response" instead a noun "Credit".

Response noun - Action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior.

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Credit and response are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Credit" instead a noun "Response".

Nearby Words: responsive, responsible, respond

good	good credit	good response
special	special credit	special response
public	public credit	public response
standard	standard credit	standard response
Other adjectives: original, initial, proper, poor, actual, real, bad, possible, military, official, last, different.

Players begin the game with three credits; every ten correct responses earn the player an additional credit, but each incorrect response costs the player one credit.

Source: Video Game / Star Trek The Next Generation Trivia
After Merv Griffin discovered that this was slowing down gameplay, the rule was slightly altered to give credit for a correct response so long as it was phrased in the form of a question.

Source: Series / Jeopardy!
To his credit, he's got a fairly original response when she calls him on it.

Source: Webcomic / Something*Positive

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