debit
English
Etymology
Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#DEBITCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰeh₁bʰ-#DEBITBorrowed from Middle FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from Middle French#DEBITCategory:English terms derived from Middle French#DEBIT debet, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#DEBIT debitum (“what is owed, a debt”), neuter of debitus, past participle of debere (“to owe”); Doublet of debtCategory:English doublets#DEBIT.
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Noun
debit (countable and uncountable, plural debits)Category:English lemmas#DEBITCategory:English nouns#DEBITCategory:English uncountable nouns#DEBITCategory:English countable nouns#DEBITCategory:English countable nouns#DEBITCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DEBITCategory:Pages with entries#DEBITCategory:Pages with 3 entries#DEBIT
- In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account.
- A cash sale is recorded as debit on the cash account and as credit on the sales account.Category:English terms with usage examples#DEBIT
- 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.
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Verb
debit (third-person singular simple present debits, present participle debiting, simple past and past participle debited)Category:English lemmas#DEBITCategory:English verbs#DEBITCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DEBITCategory:Pages with entries#DEBITCategory:Pages with 3 entries#DEBIT
- To make an entry on the debit side of an account.
- 1962 October, “The Victoria Line”, in Modern Railways, page 217:
- The economist also observed that some of the Victoria Line's cost should be debited to existing lines, as they would benefit from the rebuilding of their interchange stations with the new tube.Category:English terms with quotations#DEBIT
- To record a receivable in the bookkeeping.
- We shall debit your account for the amount of the purchase.Category:English terms with usage examples#DEBIT
- We shall debit the amount of your purchase to your account.Category:English terms with usage examples#DEBIT
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Adjective
debit (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#DEBITCategory:English adjectives#DEBITCategory:English uncomparable adjectives#DEBITCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DEBITCategory:Pages with entries#DEBITCategory:Pages with 3 entries#DEBIT
- of or relating to process of taking money from an account
- of or relating to the debit card function of a debit card rather than its often available credit card function (Can we add an example for this sense?)Category:Requests for example sentences in English#DEBIT
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Further reading
- “debit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “debit”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Anagrams
Category:en:Finance#DEBITIndonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdebɪt̚]Category:Indonesian 2-syllable words#DEBITCategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#DEBIT
- Hyphenation: dé‧bit
Etymology 1
From DutchCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch#DEBITCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Dutch#DEBIT debiet (“discharge, flowrate”), from FrenchCategory:Indonesian terms derived from French#DEBIT débit (“flow, rate of flow, discharge”), from LatinCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Latin#DEBIT dēbitum (“what is owed, a debt”).
Noun
débit (plural debit-debit)Category:Indonesian lemmas#DEBITCategory:Indonesian nouns#DEBITCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#DEBITCategory:Pages with entries#DEBITCategory:Pages with 3 entries#DEBIT
- (hydrologyCategory:id:Hydrology#DEBIT) discharge
- (of fluid) flowrate
- Synonym: kadar alir (Malay)
- flow: the movement of a fluid
- Synonym: aliran
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Etymology 2
A semantic loan from EnglishCategory:Indonesian semantic loans from English#DEBITCategory:Indonesian terms derived from English#DEBIT debit, from Middle FrenchCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Middle French#DEBIT debet (Modern French débit), from LatinCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Latin#DEBIT dēbitum (“what is owed, a debt”).
Noun
débit (plural debit-debit)Category:Indonesian lemmas#DEBITCategory:Indonesian nouns#DEBITCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#DEBITCategory:Pages with entries#DEBITCategory:Pages with 3 entries#DEBIT
- (accountingCategory:id:Accounting#DEBIT) debit:
- in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account
- 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
- (accountingCategory:id:Accounting#DEBIT) receivable: a debt owed, usually to a business, from the perspective of that business
- Synonym: piutang
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Usage notes
The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay debit.
Further reading
- “debit”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#DEBITCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#DEBIT débit.
Noun
debit n (plural debite)Category:Romanian lemmas#DEBITCategory:Romanian nouns#DEBITCategory:Romanian countable nouns#DEBITCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#DEBITCategory:Romanian neuter nouns#DEBITCategory:Pages with entries#DEBITCategory:Pages with 3 entries#DEBIT