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debit

2 verb
     
Related topics: Banking
debit2 [transitive] technical
1BFBBFB to take money out of a bank account [≠ credit]
debit something from something
The sum of £25 has been debited from your account.
2 to record in financial accounts the money that has been spent or that is owed
debit something against/to something
Purchases are debited against the client's account.
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