an entry recording a sum owed, listed on the left-hand side or column of an account 借方。 credit的反义词 ■a payment made or owed 借债
(debited, debiting)
[with obj.][usu. be debited](of a bank or other financial organization) remove (an amount of money) from a customer's account, typically as payment for services or goods (银行或其他金融机构)把(款)记入账户的借方 $10,000 was debited from their account. 在他们账户的借方记入10,000美元。 ■remove an amount of money from (a bank account) 把款记入(账户)的借方 cash terminals automatically debit a customer's bank account. 现金终端自动将钱款记入客户账户的借方。
常用词组 be in debit
(of an account) show a net balance of money owed to others (账户)负债
on the debit side
as an unsatisfactory aspect of the situation 处于不利地位 on the debit side they predict a rise in book prices. 不利方面是他们预测书价将要上涨。
语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'debt'): from French débit, from Latin debitum 'something owed' (see debt). The verb sense dates from the 17th cent.; the current noun sense from the late 18th cent