Debit

[Deb·it]

A debit is a payment made or charged, or the notation of the amount charged. Trying to track down the mysterious $2 debit to your bank account is almost never fruitful, but you’re bound to do it anyway.

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A debt; an entry on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; -- mostly used adjectively; as, the debit side of an account.

Noun
an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing

Verb
enter as debit


n.
A debt; an entry on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; -- mostly used adjectively; as, the debit side of an account.

v. t.
To charge with debt; -- the opposite of, and correlative to, credit; as, to debit a purchaser for the goods sold.

v. t.
To enter on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; as, to debit the amount of goods sold.


Debit

Deb"it , n. [L. debitum what is due, debt, from debere to owe: cf. F. d'82bit. See Debt.] A debt; an entry on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; -- mostly used adjectively; as, the debit side of an account.

Debit

Deb"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Debited; p. pr. & vb. n. Debiting.] 1. To charge with debt; -- the opposite of, and correlative to, credit; as, to debit a purchaser for the goods sold. 2. (Bookkeeping) To enter on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; as, to debit the amount of goods sold.

A debt; an entry on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; -- mostly used adjectively; as, the debit side of an account.

To charge with debt; -- the opposite of, and correlative to, credit; as, to debit a purchaser for the goods sold.

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Usage Examples

Credit or debit cards, for starters, are nothing short of shoppers' Novocain. Even in the age of digital purchases and virtual money, we still attach a special value to dirty paper with pictures of presidents on it. Handing some of that to a cashier simply hurts more than handing over a little sliver of plastic.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Never call an accountant a credit to his profession a good accountant is a debit to his profession.

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