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- an entry recording a sum owed, listed on the left-hand side or column of an account借方。CREDIT的反义词。
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- a payment made or owed借债。
(debited, debiting)with obj.［usu. be debited］
1- (of a bank or other financial organization) remove (an amount of money) from a customer's account, typically as payment for services or goods（银行或其他金融机构）把（款）记入账户的借方：
$10,000 was debited from their account.
在他们账户的借方记入10,000美元。
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- remove an amount of money from (a bank account)把款记入（账户）的借方：
cash terminals automatically debit a customer's bank account.
现金终端自动将钱款记入客户账户的借方。
短语
be in debit
- (of an account) show a net balance of money owed to others（账户）负债。
on the debit side
- as an unsatisfactory aspect of the situation处于不利地位：
on the debit side they predict a rise in book prices.
不利方面是他们预测书价将要上涨。
词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'debt'）： from French débit, from Latin debitum 'something owed' （see DEBT）. The verb sense dates from the 17th cent. ; the current noun sense from the late 18th cent.