2 money taken out of a financial account, or a record of money taken
3 an amount of money that is taken out of a bank account, etc.:
4 the system of taking money from a bank account, etc., for example, by using a debit card:
5 an amount recorded that is recorded in a company's financial accounts which represents money that has been used to pay an expense or buy an asset. In double-entry bookkeeping debits are recorded on the left-hand side (= the debit side) of the accounts:
One of the principles of accounting is that the debits recorded in a ledger should equal or balance the credits in it.
6 if a bank account, etc. is in debit, more money has been taken out of it than was originally put into it or paid:
These transactions had put his account in debit.
7 to take or pay money out of a bank account, etc.:
Your account will be debited as soon as your order has been shipped.
debit an account/card with sth By agreeing to these conditions, you give permission for us to debit your credit card with the amount stated above.
debit sth from sb’s account She later discovered that the bank had accidentally debited $517.23 from her account twice.
8 to record an amount in a company's financial accounts which represents money that has been used to pay an expense or buy an asset. In double-entry bookkeeping this is done on the left-hand side (= the debit side) of the accounts.
If merchants or farmers could not work out income and expenditure, credits and debits, then their businesses would struggle.
Direct debits are not provided for because the court could not adequately exercise supervision over variations in direct debits.
Obviously, a system of this kind can only work if the net credits and debits are kept within reasonable bounds.
The bad effects, the debits, of devaluation have not yet made themselves fully felt, whereas the good effects, the credits are clear.
Surely that is part of his salary and it ought to be debited to expenses before he estimates the excess profits of the business.
The firm had a contract account, and in the firm's account the firm was debited with the £250,000.
Nearly all the money is in terms of loans and not of absolute debits.
However, the permission of the account holder must also be obtained before accounts can be debited.
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