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debit

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deb·it  (dbt)
n.
1. Accounting
a. An item of debt as recorded in an account.
b. The left-hand side of an account or accounting ledger where bookkeeping entries are made.
c. An entry of a sum in the left-hand side of an account.
d. The sum of such entries.
2. A drawback; a detriment.
tr.v. deb·it·ed, deb·it·ing, deb·its
1. To enter (a sum) on the left-hand side of an account or accounting ledger.
2. To charge with a debit: The bank debited my account for the overdrawn check.

[Middle English debite, from Latin dbitum, debt; see debt.]

debit
Noun
1. the money, or a record of the money, withdrawn from a person's bank account
2. Accounting
a. acknowledgment of a sum owing by entry on the left side of an account
b. an entry or the total of entries on this side
Verb
[-iting, -ited]
1. to charge (an account) with a debt: they had debited our account
2. Accounting to record (an item) as a debit in an account [Latin debitum debt]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.debitdebit - an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
accounting entry, ledger entry, entry - a written record of a commercial transaction
credit entry, credit - an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
Verb1.debit - enter as debit
accounting - a system that provides quantitative information about finances
account, calculate - keep an account of
charge - enter a certain amount as a charge; "he charged me $15"
credit - accounting: enter as credit; "We credit your account with $100"
Translations
debit [ˈdɛbɪt] ndebe m
vt to debit a sum to sb or to sb's account → cargar una suma en cuenta a algn

debit [ˈdɛbɪt] ndébit m
vt to debit a sum to sb or to sb's account → porter une somme au débit de qn, débiter qn d'une somme

debit [ˈdɛbɪt] nSchuldposten m
vt to debit a sum to sb/sb's account → jdn/jds Konto mit einer Summe belasten see also direct

debit [ˈdɛbɪt] ndebito
vt to debit a sum to sb or to sb's account → addebitare una somma a qn

debit
n debit [ˈdebit]
an entry on the side of an account which records what is owed His debits outnumbered his credits. debiet مَدْيونِيَّه дебит pasivum; dluh debet; gældspost die Belastung χρεωστική εγγραφή débito deebet ستون بدهکار debetpuoli débit חִיוּב ऋण, उधार dugovanje, dug tartozás debet skuldfærsla addebito 借方 (記入) 차변, 차변 항목 debetas debets catatan akaun hutang debetpost debet debet débito debit дебет pasívum; dlh dolg, breme zaduženje debet รายการของเงินที่ถูกหักจากบัญชี borç 記入借方的款項,客戶欠帳,借方,借 дебет کسی کھاتے میں واجب الادا رقم کا اندراج sự ghi nợ ,借
vpast tense, past participle ˈdebited
to enter or record on this side of an account. debiteer, in rekening bring يُقَيِّدُ على حِساب فُلان вписвам в лявата страна на сметка připsat na vrub debitere belasten χρεώνω cargar en cuenta deebetisse kandma در ستون بدهکار وارد کردن veloittaa débiter לְחָיֵיב उधार लिखना, खर्च के मद में लिखना opteretiti, zadužiti (meg)terhel mendebetkan skuldfæra addebitare 借方に記入する 차변에 기입하다 įrašyti į debetą ierakstīt debetā debit debiteren debitere obciążać rachunek debitar a debita дебетовать pripísať na vrub v breme pisati knjižiti na teret debitera หักบัญชี borç kaydetmek 將...記入借方 дебетувати, вносити у дебет ادھار کھاتے میں اندراج کرنا ghi nợ ...


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Before analyzing the properties of manure, before entering into the debit and credit (as he ironically called it), he found out how many cattle the peasants had and increased the number by all possible means.
Gania was partly glad of this; but still he had put it to her debit in the account to be settled after marriage.
He sought news of me from the garcons at the various cafes, from the cochers de fiacre in front of the Exchange, from the tobacconist lady at the counter of the fashionable Debit de Tabac, from the old man who sold papers outside the cercle, and from the flower-girl at the door of the fashionable restaurant where I had my table.
 
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