English · Idiom Candidate

brownie point

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Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

an advantage or credit gained by doing something good

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Lợi thế hoặc điểm tín dụng được kiếm bằng cách làm điều gì đó tốt

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: a point related to a brownie, a small square of rich cake

Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

It is, however, probably a considerable over - simplification to believe that simply by creating a familiar situation in which to demonstrate a product, you automatically win any Brownie points.

Shah wants to be rid, once and for all, of the suspicion that solar is just a fringe technology that happens to earn BP brownie points from environmentalists and the governments of developing countries.

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-30; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “brownie point” mean?

an advantage or credit gained by doing something good Literally: a point related to a brownie, a small square of rich cake

Is “brownie point” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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