debit.
In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account.
Meaning & usage
In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account.
A cash sale is recorded as debit on the cash account and as credit on the sales account.
A sum of money taken out of a bank account. Thus called, because in bank's bookkeeping a cash withdrawal diminishes the amount of money held on the account, i.e. bank's debt to the customer.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle French debet, from Latin debitum (“what is owed, a debt”), neuter of debitus, past participle of debere (“to owe”); Doublet of debt.
To make an entry on the debit side of an account.
To record a receivable in the bookkeeping.
We shall debit your account for the amount of the purchase.
We shall debit the amount of your purchase to your account.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle French debet, from Latin debitum (“what is owed, a debt”), neuter of debitus, past participle of debere (“to owe”); Doublet of debt.
of or relating to process of taking money from an account
of or relating to the debit card function of a debit card rather than its often available credit card function
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle French debet, from Latin debitum (“what is owed, a debt”), neuter of debitus, past participle of debere (“to owe”); Doublet of debt.
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