debit

See also: débit

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛb.ɪt/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛbɪt
  • Hyphenation: deb‧it

Noun

debit (countable and uncountable, plural debits)

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Derived terms

Translations

in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account

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Verb

debit (third-person singular simple present debits, present participle debiting, simple past and past participle debited)

  1. To make an entry on the debit side of an account.
    • 1962 October, “The Victoria Line”, in Modern Railways, page 217:
      The economist also observed that some of the Victoria Line's cost should be debited to existing lines, as they would benefit from the rebuilding of their interchange stations with the new tube.
  2. 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.

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Translations

to make an entry on the debit side of an account
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Adjective

debit (not comparable)

  1. of or relating to process of taking money from an account
  2. of or relating to the debit card function of a debit card rather than its often available credit card function (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdebɪt̚]
  • Hyphenation: dé‧bit

Etymology 1

    From Dutch debiet (“discharge, flowrate”), from French débit (“flow, rate of flow, discharge”), from Latin dēbitum (“what is owed, a debt”).

    Noun

    débit (plural debit-debit)

    1. (hydrology) discharge
    2. (of fluid) flowrate
      Synonym: kadar alir (Malay)
    3. flow: the movement of a fluid
      Synonym: aliran

    Compounds

    • debit air
    • debit aliran
    • debit andalan
    • debit banjir
    • debit desain
    • debit fluida
    • debit hujan
    • debit limbah
    • debit limpasan
    • debit limpasan hujan
    • debit maksimum
    • debit puncak
    • debit rencana
    • debit sedimen
    • debit sungai

    Etymology 2

      A semantic loan from English debit, from Middle French debet (Modern French débit), from Latin dēbitum (“what is owed, a debt”).

      Noun

      débit (plural debit-debit)

      1. (accounting) debit:
        1. in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account
        2. 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
      2. (accounting) receivable: a debt owed, usually to a business, from the perspective of that business
        Synonym: piutang
      Alternative forms
      Synonyms

      Affixed terms

      • mendebitkan
      • pendebitan

      Compounds

      • debit bank

      Usage notes

      The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay debit.

      Further reading

      Romanian

      Etymology

        Borrowed from French débit.

        Noun

        debit n (plural debite)

        1. debit

        Declension

        singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative-accusative debit debitul debite debitele
        genitive-dative debit debitului debite debitelor
        vocative debitule debitelor
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