What is the meaning of Debit?

In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account.

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.

To make an entry on the debit side of an account.

To record a receivable in the bookkeeping.

of or relating to process of taking money from an account

of or relating to the debit card function of a debit card rather than its often available credit card function (Can we add an example for this sense?)

discharge

flowrate

flow: the movement of a fluid.

debit:

  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.

In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account.

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.

receivable: a debt owed, usually to a business, from the perspective of that business.

debit

Source: wiktionary.org