debit

See also débit

English

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Etymology

From Latin debilitum (“what is owed, a debt”), neuter past participle of debere (“to owe”); see debt.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɛb.ɪt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛbɪt

Noun

debit (plural debits)

1. In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account to record a debt.
2. A sum of money taken out of an account.

Derived terms

• debit card

Related terms

• debt
• debitor
• debenture

Translations

in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account

Chinese: Mandarin: 借記 (cmn), 借记 (cmn) (jièjì) Greek: χρέωση (el) (chréosi) f.

Russian: дебит (ru) (débit) m. Swedish: debet (sv)

sum of money taken out of an account

Chinese: Mandarin: 借記 (cmn), 借记 (cmn) (jièjì) Dutch: debet Greek: ανάληψη (el) (análipsi) f.

Polish: debet m. Portuguese: débito (pt) Russian: дебит (ru) (débit) m.

See also

• credit

Verb

debit (third-person singular simple present debits, present participle debiting, simple past and past participle debited)

1. To make an entry on the debit side of an account.
2. To remove a sum of money from an account as a payment.

Translations

to make an entry on the debit side of an account

to remove a sum of money from an account as a payment

German: abbuchen (de)

Adjective

debit (not comparable)

1. of or relating to process of taking money from an account
2. of or relating to the debit card function of a debit card rather than its often available credit card function {as used by US Postal Service, Walmart, and other payees}

Antonyms

• credit

Derived terms

• debit card

External links

• debit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• debit in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• bidet, bited