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credit hour


credit hour

noun

Definition of CREDIT HOUR

:  the unit of measuring educational credit usually based on the number of classroom hours per week throughout a term

First Known Use of CREDIT HOUR

circa 1927

Rhymes with CREDIT HOUR

coffee hour, cooling tower, flower power, golden shower, happy hour, ivory tower, motive power, police power, quarter hour, staying power, trumpet flower, virgin's bower, water tower, zero hour

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