What does "debit" mean?
Debit: To charge with debt; -- the opposite of, and correlative to, credit; as, to debit a purchaser for the goods sold.
Additional senses
- 2.(Bookkeeping) To enter on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; as, to debit the amount of goods sold.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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