A unit of currency, often the basic unit of currency of a future culture.
- 1934 J.W. Campbell, Jr. Mightiest Machine Astounding Stories (Dec.) № 23/1: Right enough, and tell me why I have to build that five-million-credit flying laboratory.
- 1941 I. Asimov Nightfall R. Silverberg SF Hall of Fame, Vol. I (1970) № 161: It cost two thousand credits.
- 1957 R. Silverberg Neutral Planet World of Thousand Colors (1984) № 200: The twin planets had become visible — uninhabited Fasolt a violet ball the size of a quarter-credit piece dead ahead.
- 1972 A.D. Foster Tar-Aiym Krang № 23: If I give no answer I will refund your credits.
- 1982 A. McCaffrey Crystal Singer № 227: Those black crystals brought you a total of twenty-three thousand credits.
- 1993 J. Pournelle & S.M. Stirling Prince of Sparta № 183:We be needing CS credits and Friedlander marks someday too.
