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debiting

debiting is the present participle and gerund of debit.

Meaning of debit

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.
    • 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
  2. To record a receivable in the bookkeeping.
    • We shall debit your account for the amount of the purchase.

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Noun

debiting (plural debitings)

  1. The act of making a debit in accounting.

Forms of debiting

pluraldebitings

Questions about debiting

What does debiting mean?
Debiting means the act of making a debit in accounting.
What is debiting the present participle and gerund of?
Debiting is the present participle and gerund of debit.
What part of speech is debiting?
Debiting is a noun.
What is the plural of debiting?
The plural of debiting is debitings.

Words near debiting in the dictionary

  1. debite
  2. debited
  3. debites
  4. debiteuse
  5. debiteuses
  6. debiting
  7. debitings
  8. debitive
  9. debitives
  10. debitor
  11. debitors

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