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debit

[deb-it] / ˈdɛb ɪt /


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If you do discover an unauthorized charge on your debit card, notifying your bank or credit union within two business days of noticing the fraud caps your maximum liability at $50.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

I accepted the disappointment the moment I tapped my debit card: this was not a $16 sandwich.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

According to the Energy Saving Trust, the electricity unit rate under the July to September 2026 price cap is 26.11p per kWh for direct debit customers.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

This "poverty premium" rises to over £600 in the worst affected areas of the capital, driven by factors such as a higher reliance on high-interest credit and increased costs for non-direct debit billing.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

She peered down at him through bifocal glasses and handed him a hard plastic debit card.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

It may also involve traditional accounting activities, such as tracking payments in a general ledger, involving debits and credits and double-entry accounting, as well as accounts payable activities of making payments.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 3, 2026

The ledger of Newman’s youth had mostly debits for the future painter.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 26, 2025

But in a statement, Corbyn said the emails were "unauthorised" and should be ignored, while any direct debits set up should be "immediately cancelled".

From BBC Sep. 19, 2025

According to SZ, PayPal's filter system did not work properly on Monday, resulting in unchecked direct debits being sent to banks alongside legitimate ones.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2025

And then the account book proper, with debits and credits on facing pages.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The cash helped her cover expenses until payday, when the app debited the borrowed $100, plus $18 for the fee and tip.

From Seattle Times Apr. 23, 2024

Similar protection services are offered for ACH or transactions that are debited directly from a business bank account.

From New York Times Jan. 7, 2024

At one bank, more than 60,000 accounts were debited more than $330 million the following morning, with about 7,300 account balances reduced by more than $10,000.

From Reuters Jun. 27, 2023

This will ensure that the appropriate funds are debited or credited from your account when you pay for a purchase or receive compensation from work.

From Encyclopedia.com Feb. 5, 2018

Amongst the large accounts, which were unlikely to be drawn, he debited the cash which he employed as a private discounter of bills.

From The History of Tasmania, Volume I by West, John

But the mechanism by which the government sells its debt, debiting bank reserves held at the Fed in exchange for the new bills and bonds, could still test the resilience of some smaller institutions.

From New York Times Jun. 7, 2023

Last month, the bureau punished Enova, which runs online lender CashNetUSA, for failing to honor promised loan extensions and for debiting customers’ bank accounts without authorization.

From Seattle Times Feb. 6, 2019

This ability “endeared him to the Vatican,” because he could move church funds around by debiting an account in one branch and crediting one in another, with coins never changing hands.

From Washington Post Aug. 6, 2015

“All debt management is, is debiting and crediting different accounts,” Mr. Mosler said, recalling seeing numbers appear and disappear from his computer at Bankers Trust in New York in the 1970s.

From New York Times Jul. 4, 2013

His fee was 10s., and, after debiting his out-takes, he received 7s.

From Second Shetland Truck System Report by Guthrie, William




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