Debit (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
  2. 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).
  3. an undesirable or disadvantageous feature.
verb (used with object)
  1. to charge with a debt: The store debited her account for the purchase.
  2. to charge as a debt: The store debited the purchase to her account.
  3. to enter upon the debit side of an account.
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)
verb -its, -iting or -ited
  1. (tr)
    • to record (an item) as a debit in an account
    • to charge (a person or his account) with a debt
Debit (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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