Debit

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:9 pts5 letters

Definition of Debit

Noun

In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account.
"A cash sale is recorded as debit on the cash account and as credit on the sales 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.

Verb

To make an entry on the debit side of an account.
To record a receivable in the bookkeeping.
"We shall debit your account for the amount of the purchase."

Adjective

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?)

Anagrams of Debit

Exact Anagrams

1 word using all 5 letters:

Words You Can Make

19 words can be made from the letters in "debit":

5-LETTER WORDS

4-LETTER WORDS

bide bite debt diet dite edit tide tied

3-LETTER WORDS

bed bet bid bit deb dib die dit ted tie

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "debit" and rearranging:

+sbedsit bidets debits

Related Word Patterns

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Rhyming Words

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