DEBIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does debit mean? 

• DEBIT (noun)
  The noun DEBIT has 1 sense:

1. an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing

  Familiarity information: DEBIT used as a noun is very rare.

• DEBIT (verb)
  The verb DEBIT has 1 sense:

1. enter as debit

  Familiarity information: DEBIT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEBIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

debit; debit entry

Hypernyms ("debit" is a kind of...):

accounting entry; entry; ledger entry (a written record of a commercial transaction)

Antonym:

credit (an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items)

Derivation:

debit (enter as debit)

• DEBIT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they debit    ... he / she / it debits   
Past simple: debited   
Past participle: debited   
-ing form: debiting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Enter as debit

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "debit" is one way to...):

account; calculate (keep an account of)

Domain category:

accounting (a system that provides quantitative information about finances)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "debit"):

charge (enter a certain amount as a charge)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something

Antonym:

credit (accounting: enter as credit)

Derivation:

debit (an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing)