Definition of debit

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debit -- (1) in accounting, an entry on the left-hand side of an account record in which amounts are recorded in a double-entry system of bookkeeping. (2) a charge to a customer's access account or deposit account.

historic definition...

Debit -- A debt recorded in an account. A debit entry in an account is an unfavorable entry ; it is the reverse of a credit entry.



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