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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Debit

/dĕb'-ĭt/ · Deb·it · IPA /ˈdɛb.ɪt/
01 n. A debt; an entry on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; -- mostly used adjectively; as, the debit side of an account.
  1. 1.
    A debt; an entry on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; -- mostly used adjectively; as, the debit side of an account.
02 v. t. To charge with debt; -- the opposite of, and correlative to, credit; as, to debit a purchaser for the goods sold.
imp. & p. p. Debited; p. pr. & vb. n. Debiting
  1. 1.
    To charge with debt; -- the opposite of, and correlative to, credit; as, to debit a purchaser for the goods sold.
  2. 2.
    To enter on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; as, to debit the amount of goods sold.(Bookkeeping)