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.
Meanings
(not-comparable) of or relating to process of taking money from an account
(not-comparable) of or relating to the debit card function of a debit card rather than its often available credit card function
fi otto- (of or relating to taking money from an account) · fi otto- (of or relating to debit card function) · bg дебитен (of or relating to debit card function)
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.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) 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.
(countable, uncountable) 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.
uk де́бет (sum of money taken out of a bank account) · uk де́бет (in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account) · nl debet (in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account) · be дэ́бэт (sum of money taken out of a bank account) · el ανάληψη (sum of money taken out of a bank account) · vi ghi nợ (in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account) · ja 借方 (in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account) · fi veloitus (in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account) · fi otto (sum of money taken out of a bank account) · mi moni tango (sum of money taken out of a bank account) · hu megterhelés (sum of money taken out of a bank account) · cmn 借記 /借记 (sum of money taken out of a bank account) · km ឥណពន្ធ (in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account) · ro debit (sum of money taken out of a bank account) · be дэ́бэт (in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account) · th เดบิต (in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account) · nl debet (sum of money taken out of a bank account) · pl debet (sum of money taken out of a bank account) · km ឥណពន្ធ (sum of money taken out of a bank account) · it addebito (in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account) · pt débito (in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account) · pt débito (sum of money taken out of a bank account) · hu terhelés (sum of money taken out of a bank account) · ru де́бет (in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account) · pl debet (in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account) · be дэ́бет (sum of money taken out of a bank account) · bg деби́т (in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account) · fi debet-vienti (in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account) · ko 차변 (in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account) · ro debit (in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account) · cmn 借記 /借记 (in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account) · be дэ́бет (in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account) · hu tartozik oldal (in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account) · de Soll (in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account) · fr débit (in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account) · io debeto (in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account) · sv debet (in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account) · io debeto (sum of money taken out of a bank account) · hu pénzkivétel (sum of money taken out of a bank account) · el χρέωση (in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account) · ru де́бет (sum of money taken out of a bank account) · hu pénzfelvétel (sum of money taken out of a bank account) · da debet (in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account) · es débito (in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account) · sk debet (in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account) · cs debet (in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account)
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.
Meanings
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.
fr débiter (to make an entry on the debit side of an account) · hu megterhel (számlát) (to record a receivable) · ro debita (to record a receivable) · hu terhel (to record a receivable) · fi veloittaa (to record a receivable) · fi veloittaa (to make an entry on the debit side of an account) · ro debita (to make an entry on the debit side of an account)