debit

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈdɛb.ɪt/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

Singular debit

Plural debits

1. A debit is a written record of a debt in an account book.

   I wrote the amount he owed into the debit column of the account book.

Verb

Plain form debit

Third-person singular debits

Past tense debited

Past participle debited

Present participle debiting

1. To debit is to add a debt to an account.

   The bank agreed to debit his account for the cost of his new suit.

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