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1560 in D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) II. 3 That frome hencefurth they be not compelled to tak on credite, they sall be everie moneth satisfeid of their wages, so that two Scotish lords, chosin by the counsell, may present it at weapon-showing and musters of the said men of warre.

1572 J. Higgins Huloets Dict. (rev. ed.) at Credite To take money vpon credit. Mutuas pecunias sumere.

1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 51 They fall into the bottomlesse troubles thereof, as, to buye, to sel, to exchaunge to retayle on creditte, yea, to beguile, rob, & deceiue.

1616 B. Jonson in W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. Ded. sig. A5^v Or, like our Money-Brokers, take vp names On credit, and are cossen'd.

1627 W. Duncomb tr. V. d'Audiguier Tragi-comicall Hist. our Times vii. 118 Having taken their meate and lodging with him upon credite [they] had gone away without paying.

1727 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman (ed. 2) I. Suppl. iii. 37 An exact entry of all goods sold out, and receiv'd in upon credit.

1775 M. Patten Day-book 22 Apr. in K. Miller et al. Irish Immigrants in Land of Canaan (2003) 552 I..got 4 bushell of Rie on credit and took it to Cap^t Moors mill and got it groand.

1781 S. Johnson Let. 14 Nov. (1992) III. 373 One or two whom I hardly know, I love upon credit.

1819 J. H. Vaux Memoirs I. 53 I sometimes raised the wind by..obtaining goods on credit.

1830 W. Scott Jrnl. 26 June (1946) 110 Scottish audiences, who are certainly not [apt] to give applause upon credit.

1872 R. B. Johnson Very Far West xiv. 191 There is the middle-class rustler, who starts a store..upon credit.

1936 E. Waugh Waugh in Abyssinia v. 182 He could not get the spare parts on credit.

2008 Daily Tel. 6 Feb. 6/3 A lot of people have been living the life of Riley on credit. They have been able to borrow at 0 per cent finance, and been able to take out new cards at will.