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DEBITING
Verb
debiting
present participle of debit
Noun
debiting (plural debitings)
The act of making a debit in accounting.
Anagrams
• betiding
Source: Wiktionary
DEBIT
Deb"it, n. Etym: [L. debitum what is due, debt, from debere to owe: cf. F. débit. See Debt.]
Definition: A debt; an entry on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; -- mostly used adjectively; as, the debit side of an account.
Deb"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Debited; p. pr. & vb. n. Debiting.]
1. To charge with debt; -- the opposite of, and correlative to, credit; as, to debit a purchaser for the goods sold.
2. (Bookkeeping)
Definition: To enter on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; as, to debit the amount of goods sold.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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