# Credit

> Credit — The right column. It increases liabilities, equity and revenue, and decreases assets and expenses.

Source: https://lopifi.com/glossary/credit
Part of: Lopifi — US GAAP books on autopilot, checked by a CPA (https://lopifi.com)

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**What is credit?** In accounting, credit means the right column. It increases liabilities, equity and revenue, and decreases assets and expenses.

## Words this system refuses for it

- negative
- minus
- money out

- **Category:** Foundations
- **Specified in:** [Lexicon](https://lopifi.com/md/docs/domain/11-lexicon)
- **Rendered by:** [customer-credit-panel](https://lopifi.com/md/components/customer-credit-panel), [credit-note-form](https://lopifi.com/md/components/credit-note-form), [journal-entry](https://lopifi.com/md/components/journal-entry), [ledger-table](https://lopifi.com/md/components/ledger-table), [trial-balance](https://lopifi.com/md/components/trial-balance), [unapplied-cash-panel](https://lopifi.com/md/components/unapplied-cash-panel)
- **Related:** revenue, equity