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debit

[deb-it] / ˈdɛb ɪt /


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Starbucks' estimated credit and debit card payment volume fell 17 percent from May to June, according to local data platform firm IGAWorks.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

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

So if I buy a bar of gold worth £500,1 credit £500 to my current account, and I debit £500 to my list of assets.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

Sultana had promoted the membership portal on social media but Corbyn later said the emails were "unauthorised" and should be ignored, while any direct debits set up should be "immediately cancelled".

From BBC Sep. 24, 2025

According to Chabrier, the new rule keeps pace with the change in overdraft protection as paper checks have been replaced with instant debits.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 12, 2024

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

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The bank fixed the error and gave him a deposit slip that read: “Correction, teller debited wrong account.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

In order to operate this way, fintech companies often need a middleman between the fintech company and the bank that can do the bookkeeping necessary to make sure customer accounts are credited and debited correctly.

From Seattle Times May 22, 2024

In a table, the draft report detailed hundreds of debited transactions entered by "non-branch users", who the report explained "can access branches remotely for support purposes".

From BBC Mar. 28, 2024

Payments that are automatically debited are expected to resume on the first due date after payments are again required.

From New York Times Jul. 18, 2021

Even a penny is deemed worthy of being debited to one company and credited to another!

From The Iron Horse by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

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

The next is John Sinclair, jun.; after debiting his out-takes, he received 8s. 4d. in cash?-Yes.

From Second Shetland Truck System Report by Guthrie, William




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