debit

[ deb-it ]

See synonyms for: debit debited debiting on Thesaurus.com

noun

the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
Bookkeeping.
- that which is entered in an account as a debt; a recorded item of debt.
- any entry or the total shown on the debit side.
- the left-hand side of an account on which such entries are made (opposed to credit).

an undesirable or disadvantageous feature.

verb (used with object)

to charge with a debt: The store debited her account for the purchase.
to charge as a debt: The store debited the purchase to her account.

Bookkeeping. to enter upon the debit side of an account.

Origin of debit

1400–50; late Middle English <Old French <Latin dēbitum something owed; see debt

Other words from debit

pre·deb·it, noun, verb (used with object)
re·deb·it, verb (used with object)
un·deb·it·ed, adjective

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How to use debit in a sentence

To be debited to the account of M. H. Said we would have nothing to do with it without more knowledge of our principal.
Erema | R. D. Blackmore
The Adventurers debited him with a large sum, which ought to have been and was afterwards charged to the purser.
Cornish Characters | S. Baring-Gould
Till lately this was not paid out of the Post-office moneys, and the Post-office revenue was not debited with the amount.
North America, Volume II (of 2) | Anthony Trollope
When tools are destroyed a record is made showing date and value, and the balance on hand is debited in the last column.
Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration v. 2 | Various
This, and all other sums furnished him, to be debited to the Algerine fund.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson | Thomas Jefferson

British Dictionary definitions for debit

debit

/ (ˈdɛbɪt) accounting /

noun

- acknowledgment of a sum owing by entry on the left side of an account
- the left side of an account
- an entry on this side
- the total of such entries
- (as modifier): a debit balance Compare credit (def. 10)

verb-its, -iting or -ited

(tr)
- to record (an item) as a debit in an account
- to charge (a person or his account) with a debt: Compare credit (def. 17)

Origin of debit

C15: from Latin dēbitum debt

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