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debit
/ˈdɛbɪt/
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What does debit mean?
noun
- In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account.
- A sum of money taken out of a bank account. Thus called, because in bank's bookkeeping a cash withdrawal diminishes the amount of money held on the account, i.e. bank's debt to the customer.
verb
- To make an entry on the debit side of an account.
More meanings (3)
verb
- To record a receivable in the bookkeeping.
adjective
- of or relating to process of taking money from an account
- of or relating to the debit card function of a debit card rather than its often available credit card function
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈdɛbɪt/
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See this word in context.
I ought to say that I deferred putting a value on the potatoes until I had footed up the debit column.
The Law is a statement of debit, the Gospel a statement of credit.
More book examples (3)
This amount should be entered upon the DEBIT side of the account.
With these figures in hand let us consider now a kind of debit and credit sheet against and for our present system of weights and measures.
The debtor must pay in person, and it therefore behooves every man to watch the debit side of his life's ledger, and make a daily balance of his account with Nature.