Debit

/ˈdɛbɪt/

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Other forms: debits; debited; debiting

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.

From the Latin debere, meaning “to owe,” and just one i away from its more blunt cousin debt, a debit seems like a little word. But add an s to the end, and those charges really add up. You can use the word debit as a verb — “to debit your account,” or a noun — “the debit on your account,” but either way, a debit means you have less money than you had before!

Definitions of debit

noun
an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing

synonyms: debit entry

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antonyms:
credit
an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items

type of:
accounting entry, entry, ledger entry
a written record of a commercial transaction
verb
enter as debit

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antonyms:
credit
accounting: enter as credit

types:
charge
enter a certain amount as a charge

type of:
account, calculate
keep an account of

Pronunciation

/ˈdɛbɪt/

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