debit

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 See also 1.4 Verb 1.5 Adjective 1.5.1 Antonyms 1.5.2 Derived terms 1.5.3 External links

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

< Latin debitum (“‘what is owed, a debt’”), neut. pp. of debere (“‘to owe’”); see debt.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɛb.ɪt/
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• Rhymes: -ɛbɪt

[edit] 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.

[edit] Derived terms

• debit card

[edit] Related terms

• debt
• debitor
• debenture

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• credit

[edit] Verb

to 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.

[edit] 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}

[edit] Antonyms

• credit

[edit] Derived terms

• debit card

[edit] External links

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