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Meaning of debits

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

debits

noun

Definitions

  1. In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account.

    Example: A cash sale is recorded as debit on the cash account and as credit on the sales account.

  2. 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

Definitions

  1. To make an entry on the debit side of an account.

  2. To record a receivable in the bookkeeping.

    Example: We shall debit the amount of your purchase to your account.