WikiWord

English

debits

noun

Meaning

  1. In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an 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.
  3. To make an entry on the debit side of an account.
  4. To record a receivable in the bookkeeping.

Etymology / origin

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

Related words

Descendant words

No descendant words have been linked yet.

Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
debits — meaning and etymology | WikiWord