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krita

Pronunciation: /²kriːta/

“krita” is a Swedish word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. chalk; white powdery limestone
  2. a piece of chalk, used for drawing on a blackboard
  3. any crayon, regardless of color and material
  4. Cretaceous; a geologic period
  5. credit, tick; a privilege of delayed payment

verb

  1. to apply chalk
  2. to buy (something) on credit or with an agreement to pay later

Etymology

From Middle Low German krite, from Latin creta. The credit sense is from marking credit with a piece of chalk.

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