debit

B2 Topic:Personal Finance

US /ˈdɛb.ɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #26217

Meanings

1

noun
An amount of money taken out of a bank account.

A debit of fifty dollars appeared on my statement.
2

noun
In accounting, an entry recording money paid out or owed.

Each expense is recorded as a debit in the ledger.
3

verb
To take money out of a bank account.

The company will debit your account each month.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 noun · in accounting, an entry... debit entry

Opposites

credit

Word family

Forms debiteddebitingdebits

Derived forms debitableredebit

Related forms credit debenturedebitordebt

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Phrases (1)

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debit balance
an account balance in which debits exceed credits and money is owed to the bank

Noun + noun

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.

*gʰeh₁bʰ- Proto-Indo-European debitum Latin

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Topics

Personal Finance Money & Finance

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# debit

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈdɛb.ɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 26217

## 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
- Personal Finance
- Money & Finance

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