vt to enter on the debtor (dr.) side of an account; as, to debit the amount of goods sold.
2. debit ·vt to charge with debt;
the opposite of, and correlative to, credit; as, to debit a purchaser for the goods sold.
3. debit ·noun a debt; an entry on the debtor (dr.) side of an account;
mostly used adjectively; as, the debit side of an account.