## Meanings
1. An amount of money taken out of a bank account.
2. In accounting, an entry recording money paid out or owed.
3. To take money out of a bank account.

## Examples
- A debit of fifty dollars appeared on my statement.
- Each expense is recorded as a debit in the ledger.
- The company will debit your account each month.

## Antonyms
- credit

## Derived Forms
- debitable
- redebit

## Related Forms
- credit
- debenture
- debitor
- debt

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *gʰeh₁bʰ-
- Root: debitum

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French debet, from Latin debitum (“what is owed, a debt”), neuter of debitus, past participle of debere (“to owe”); Doublet of debt.

## AI Etymology
debit was borrowed from Middle French debet, from Latin debitum (“what is owed, a debt”), neuter of debitus, past participle of debere (“to owe”); Doublet of debt. The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ-, Latin debitum. Current senses include An amount of money taken out of a bank account and In accounting, an entry recording money paid out or owed. English relatives and later formations include debitable, redebit, credit, debenture.

## Topics
- Money & Finance

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