2 entries under this word

Debit

Dĕb'it, n.

noun

n. [Fr. débit, O. Fr. debite, It. & Sp. debito, Lat. debitum, what is due, debt, from debere, to owe.] A recorded item of debt; the side of an account in which every indebtedness is entered; money or any thing due; debt.

Dĕb'ĭt, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. DEBITED; p. pr. & vb. n. DEBITING.]

To charge with debt; as, to debit a purchaser the amount of goods sold.
To enter on the debtor side of a book; as, to debit the sum or amount of goods sold.