Associations to the word «Credential»

Wiktionary

CREDENTIAL, adjective. Of, pertaining to or entitling to credit or authority
CREDENTIAL, noun. (chiefly in the plural) documentary evidence that a person has certain status or privileges
CREDENTIAL, verb. To furnish with credentials

Dictionary definition

CREDENTIAL, noun. A document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky