Thanks Cairren. Perhaps the most important aspect of what you posted was the etymology...
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Etymology: Middle French, from Old Italian credito, from Latin creditum something entrusted to another, loan, from neuter of creditus, past participle of credere to believe, entrust -- more at CREED
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That would seem to show that the
original source for 'credit' in language was 'something entrusted to another'. Meaning that the original usage of 'credit' would have been how he used it, as opposed to how I (wrongly) interpreted it. Meaning that my usage would have, at one point, been abstract and later (present day) became literal.
Interesting.