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credit line

credit line

1 4.4
A short line that gives the name of the photographer or writer
  • noun
  • /ˈkrɛdɪt laɪn/
  • Literature
translation icon : mención de autor
  • - A credit line...
  • credit line on the photo

Examples

  • And please link back to our home page, www.capitolbeatok.com, in that credit line.

    Blog text (14)

  • The journalist's name appeared in the credit line at the end of the article.

  • Every issue of the magazine has a credit line that acknowledges the author of each story.

  • In her latest blog post, she included a credit line for the images she used from other sources.

Synonyms

by-line
vscredit line
  • Literature
1 5.1

A line in a newspaper or magazine giving the author's name

is the same meaning but written without a hyphen

Surface Forms

credit line singular
credit lines plural

Morphology

credit + line

The meaning of 'credit line' is directly built from 'credit' (to attribute authorship or responsibility) + 'line' (a line of text), so a learner who knows those senses can infer it denotes the line that gives credit to the writer/creator. Although 'byline' is a related, more common term for author attribution, the composition here is transparent and predictable.

Etymology

Credit line: The term comes from the small line of text placed with a photo or article that gives credit to the person who made it. So a credit line now means the 'name of the writer' or photographer shown with the work.