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cre·den·za  audio  (kr-dnz) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. A buffet, sideboard, or bookcase, especially one without legs.
  2. A piece of office furniture having a long flat top and often containing file drawers, a kneehole, and accessories for a computer.
ETYMOLOGY:
Italian, from Medieval Latin crdentia, trust (possibly from the practice of placing food and drink on a sideboard to be tasted by a servant before being served to ensure that it contained no poison) ; see credence


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