debit entry
- noun
- /ˈdɛbɪt ˈɛntri/
- Specialized
:
asiento de débito
- She noticed a debit entry on her bank statement.
Examples
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The accountant recorded the expense as a debit entry in the company ledger.
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Each payment made to the supplier was reflected by a debit entry in the account.
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A debit entry increases the balance of an asset account in double-entry bookkeeping.
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The accountant recorded a debit entry for the payment.
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Each payment made to the supplier was reflected by a debit entry in the account.
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The accountant recorded the expense as a debit entry in the company ledger.
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She noticed a debit entry on her bank statement.
Synonyms
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An entry on the left side of an account that shows money taken out or owed
Antonyms
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Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'debit' names a ledger entry on the debit side and 'entry' is a logged item, so together they denote a recorded debit in an account. Although the term is domain-specific financial vocabulary, the relationship between the constituents is literal and cross-linguistically common, so a learner who knows both words will understand the MWE.
Etymology
The noun debit entry comes from old bookkeeping where debit meant 'to owe' and an entry was a written record. Bookkeepers wrote amounts on the side for people who owed money, so a debit entry is the record of money owed or a decrease in assets.