DEBIT

Source: 566, 567

debit. Debit, n. debt, the debtor side of an account

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Deb″it (?), n. [[L. debitum what is due, debt, from debere to owe: cf. F. débit. See Debt.]] A debt; an entry on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; — mostly used adjectively; as, the debit side of an account.