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debit

[deb-it] / ˈdɛb ɪt /


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In less than six years since its creation, PIX now handles more transactions in Latin America’s biggest economy than credit and debit cards combined.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

The chain’s U.S. sales grew 4.2% for the week ended July 11, representing the slowest weekly increase since April, according to data firm Consumer Edge, which analyzes credit and debit transaction activity.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 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

The butterfly is usually established for a debit, so that debit is your risk.

From MarketWatch Jun. 18, 2026

Benji pointed to the debit card still in her hand.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

Behind the scenes, the service will then automatically transfer direct debits and standing orders, move the balance, redirect incoming payments, such as benefits or salaries, and close your old account.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

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

She wonders why her premium account drew no call from her relationship manager and why the bank failed to flag such massive debits.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2025

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

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

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

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

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

He had also debited you in his account for the whole sums paid by the United States, as well as those paid by Virginia, as by himself.

From The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) by Jefferson, Thomas

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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