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▪ I. debit, n.|ˈdɛbɪt|
Forms: (5 dubete), 6 debitte, debette, 6–7 debet, 8– debit.
[ad. L. dēbit-um owed, due, n. a debt. Cf. F. débit (1723 in Hatzfeld). In early use app. a further latinization of debte, from earlier dette, det: see debt.]
†1. gen. Something that is owed, a debt. Obs.
c1450Paston Lett. xlix. I. 61 Of certein dubete that I owe unto you. 1515Plumpton Corr. p. cxxi, Be yearly worth over all charges or debittes. 1547Ludlow Churchw. Acc. (Camden) 32 Parcelle of the debet that the churche restede in his dett. 1598R. Quiney Let. to Shaks. in Leopold Shaks. Introd. 105 In helpeing me out of all the debettes I owe in London. 1614T. Adams Devil's Banquet 108 The Deuill tyes his Customers in the bond of Debets.
2. Book-keeping.
a. An entry in an account of a sum of money owing; an item so entered.
b. The whole of these items collectively; that side of an account (the left-hand side) on which debits are entered. (Opposed to credit n. 12.)
1776Trial of Nundocomar 15/2 There are debits and credits between them in Bolankee Doss's books to a great amount. 1868,1889[see credit n. 12]. 1872Bagehot Physics & Pol. (1876) 189 There is a most heavy debit of evil. a1895Mod. This has been placed to your debit.
c. attrib., as debit-entry, debit-side (of an account).
1776Trial of Nundocomar 83/2 The debit side of my master's account. 1887Pall Mall G. 8 June 12/1 The year's operations show a debit balance of {pstlg}42,000.
3. Special Comb. debit card orig. U.S., a card issued by an organization, giving the holder access to an account, via an appropriate computer terminal, esp. in order to authorize the transfer of funds to the account of another party when making a purchase, etc., without incurring revolving finance charges for credit; = asset card s.v. assets 5.
1975M. G. Bender EFTS: Electronic Funds Transfer Syst. iii. 53 Customer cards which have the primary function of effecting third party payments or of otherwise allowing the card holder remote access to his asset accounts, including a savings account or checking account, are becoming commonly known as ‘*debit’ cards or ‘asset’ cards. 1977McGraw-Hill Yearbk. Sci. & Technol. 143/2 Unlike bank credit cards.., debit cards.. are presently used mainly in a local or regional environment. 1982Sci. Amer. Sept. 119/1 By inserting a plastic card known as a debit card the customer can directly debit his checking account by the amount of a purchase rather than paying for that purchase in cash or with a check.
▪ II. debit, v.|ˈdɛbɪt|
[f. debit n. Cf. F. débiter (1723 in Hatzfeld).]
1. trans. To charge with a debt; to enter something to the debit of (a person).
1682J. Scarlett Exchanges 203 He must and may debit the Principal for the said Value. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1852) I. 621 Accounts are regularly kept, and every man debited or credited for the least farthing he takes out or brings in. 1809R. Langford Introd. Trade 26, I have debited your account with Lire 5000 Austriache. 1892Law Times XCIV. 105/1 The bank were not entitled to debit the plaintiffs with the amount paid on the said cheques.
2. To charge as a debt; to enter on the debit side of an account.
1865M. E. Braddon H. Dunbar i. 10 Pay the money, but don't debit it against his lordship. Mod. To whom is it to be debited?
3. (Gallicism.) To put into circulation; to spread (news, etc.).
1879T. F. Simmons Lay Folks Mass Book 366 In respect of those who debited these fables. 1916G. B. Shaw Pen Portraits & Reviews (1932) 43 Mr Bennett talks shop and debits harmless tosh about technique for the entertainment of literary amateurs in a very agreeable and suggestive manner. |