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debit

Pronunciation: [ˈdebɪt̚]

“debit” is an Indonesian word. Its 6 meanings in English:

noun

  1. discharge
  2. flowrate
  3. flow: the movement of a fluid
  4. in bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account
  5. 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
  6. receivable: a debt owed, usually to a business, from the perspective of that business

Etymology

From Dutch debiet (“discharge, flowrate”), from French débit (“flow, rate of flow, discharge”), from Latin dēbitum (“what is owed, a debt”).

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