debit
Syllables: deb·it/ˈdɛb.ɪt/
debit noun: in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account.
Noun
debit (countable and uncountable, plural debits)
- 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.
Verb
debit (third-person singular simple present debits, present participle debiting, simple past and past participle debited)
- To make an entry on the debit side of an account.
- 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.1962 October, “The Victoria Line”, in Modern Railways, page 217
- 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.
Adjective
debit (not comparable)
- 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
debit meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
debit in Hindi
- डेबिट, डेबिट करें, डेबिट करना
debit in Tamil
- கடன், பற்று, செலவு
debit in Marathi
- डेबिट, डेबिट करा, डेबिट करणे
debit in Urdu
- ڈیبٹ, ڈیبٹ کرنا
More languagesFewer languages
- debit in Bengali
- ডেবিট, ডেবিট করুন, ডেবিট করা
- debit in Telugu
- డెబిట్, డెబిట్ చేయండి, డెబిట్ చేయడానికి
- debit in Malayalam
- ഋണം, ബാധ്യത, കടം, കിഴിവ്
- debit in Kannada
- ಖರ್ಚು, ಖರ್ಚು ಹಾಕು
- debit in Punjabi
- ਡੈਬਿਟ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- debit in Gujarati
- ડેબિટ, ડેબિટ કરો, ડેબિટ કરવું
- debit in Odia
- ଡେବିଟ୍, ଡେବିଟିଂ, ଡେବିଟ୍ କରିବା ପାଇଁ
- debit in Nepali
- डेबिट, डेबिट गर्नुहोस्, डेबिट्
- debit in Thai
- เดบิต
- debit in Vietnamese
- ghi nợ
Examples of debit in a sentence
- In order to withdraw money from a cash machine, you have to insert your debit card.
- Such contracts will also fill in the inapplicabilities to debit transfers.
- The expiry date of my debit card is the 30th of April.
Antonyms of debit
Forms of debit
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | debits |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | debits |
| present participle | debiting |
| past participle | debited |
| past | debited |
Origin of debit
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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Words that rhyme with debit
Questions about debit
- What does debit mean?
- Debit means in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account.
- What is debit in Hindi?
- Debit in Hindi is डेबिट, डेबिट करें, डेबिट करना. See Debit meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is debit?
- Debit can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce debit?
- Debit is pronounced /ˈdɛb.ɪt/.
- What is the plural of debit?
- The plural of debit is debits.
Words near debit in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: debit (page history and authors); debit (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); debit (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); debit (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); debit (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); debit (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); debit (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); debit (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); debit (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); debit (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); debit (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); debit (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); debit (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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