debit(n = noun.possession) debit entry - an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing;
is a kind of accounting entry, entry, ledger entry
Antonym: credit
Derived form verb debit₁

   debit(v = verb.possession) - enter as debit;
is one way to account, calculate
Antonym: credit
Derived form noun debit₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s somebody with something

debit, n. & v.
--n.
1 an entry in an account recording a sum owed.
2 the sum recorded.
3 the total of such sums.
4 the debit side of an account.
--v.tr. (debited, debiting)
1 (foll. by against, to) enter (an amount) on the debit side of an account (debited {pound}500 against me).
2 (foll. by with) enter (a person) on the debit side of an account (debited me with {pound}500).

Etymology:
F d{eacute}bit f. L debitum DEBT

N  debt, obligation, liability, indebtment, debit, score, bill, check, account (credit), arrears, deferred payment, deficit, default, insolvency, bad debt, interest, premium, usance, usury, floating debt, floating capital, debtor, debitor, mortgagor, defaulter, borrower, indebted, liable, chargeable, answerable for, in debt, in embarrassed circumstances, in difficulties, incumbered, involved, involved in debt, plunged in debt, deep in debt, over one's head in debt, over head and ears in debt, deeply involved, fast tied up, insolvent, minus, out of pocket, unpaid, unrequited, unrewarded, owing, due, in arrear, outstanding, past due, aes alienum debitorem leve gravius inimicum facit, neither a borrower nor a lender be.

VB  keep accounts, enter, post, book, credit, debit, carry over, take stock, balance accounts, make up accounts, square accounts, settle accounts, wind up accounts, cast up accounts, make accounts square, square accounts, bring to book, tax, surcharge and falsify, audit, field audit, check the books, verify accounts, falsify an account, garble an account, cook an account, cook the books, doctor an account.

debit card, debit entry, debit side