intransitive. To supply goods or money without immediate payment; to give credit (credit, n. 9). Also (occasionally): to receive credit. Now rare (Car…

intransitive. To give credit; to supply goods, professional aid, etc. on credit.

To put ‘on the shelf’ or into abeyance; to keep back, delay, detain for an indefinite time. Also to hang it up: to chalk it up, to give credit. slang.