debit
- Noun. In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account to record a debt.
- Noun. A sum of money taken out of an account.
- Verb. To make an entry on the debit side of an account.
- Verb. To remove a sum of money from an account as a payment.
- Adjective. of or relating to process of taking money from an account.
- Adjective. of or relating to the debit card function of a debit card rather than its often available credit card function {as used by US Postal Service, Walmart, and other payees}.
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