debit

  • (noun): In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account.
  • (noun): 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.
  • (verb): To make an entry on the debit side of an account.
  • (verb): To record a receivable in the bookkeeping.
  • (adjective): Of or relating to process of taking money from an account
  • (adjective): Of or relating to the debit card function of a debit card rather than its often available credit card function
  • A cash sale is recorded as debit on the cash account and as credit on the sales account.
  • We shall debit the amount of your purchase to your account.