debit

The word “debit” has 2 syllables: de-bit

It's pronounced as /ˈdɛbɪt/


What is synonym and antonym for debit?

In the thesaurus, “debit” has 47 synonyms and 33 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for debit along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for debit

Antonyms for debit

  • advantage
  • aid
  • ascendancy
  • ascendency
  • asset
  • assistance
  • better
  • break
  • command
  • control
  • credit
  • drop
  • edge
  • excess
  • head start
  • help
  • jump
  • lead
  • margin
  • mastery
  • opportunity
  • plus
  • predominance
  • prerogative
  • privilege
  • settlement
  • start
  • superiority
  • supremacy
  • tally
  • transcendence
  • upper hand
  • vantage

Meanings of debit

  • noun
    1. In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account.
    2. A sum of money taken out of a bank account. Thus called, because in bank's bookkeeping a cash withdrawal diminishes the amount of money held on the account, i.e. bank's debt to the customer.
  • verb
    1. To make an entry on the debit side of an account.
    2. To record a receivable in the bookkeeping.
  • adjective
    1. Of or relating to process of taking money from an account.
    2. Of or relating to the debit card function of a debit card rather than its often available credit card function.

Example Sentences

  • She recorded the debit from her account to pay for the monthly rent.
  • The accountant made sure to track every debit in the financial report.
  • You can use your debit card to make purchases at most retailers.
  • The transaction showed a debit of $50 from the company’s budget.
  • He forgot to log a debit for the office supplies, which led to discrepancies in the accounts.

On this page you'll find 80 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to debit, such as: account, accounts, advantage, aid, albatross, amount due, arrears.

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Related Words

credit card

  • bank card
  • charge card
  • debit card
  • payment card
  • plastic card

debt

  • IOU
  • abuse
  • albatross
  • arrearage
  • arrears
  • bad news
  • baggage
  • bankruptcy
  • below the line
  • bias crime
  • bill
  • bite
  • bond
  • breach
  • break
  • capital
  • check
  • chit
  • claim
  • commitment
  • corruption
  • credit
  • crime
  • criminality
  • cuff
  • damage
  • dead horse
  • debauchery
  • debenture
  • debit
  • default
  • deficit
  • delinquency
  • depravity
  • descent
  • downfall
  • due
  • dues
  • duty
  • embarrassment
  • encumbrance
  • error
  • fall
  • fault
  • felony
  • foible
  • hate crime
  • illegality
  • immorality
  • in hock
  • in the hole
  • in the red
  • indebtedness
  • infringement
  • iniquitousness
  • iniquity
  • insolvency
  • invoice
  • lawbreaking
  • lawlessness
  • liabilities
  • liability
  • licentiousness
  • malefaction
  • manifest
  • misconduct
  • misdeed
  • misdemeanor
  • misdoing
  • misfeasance
  • mortgage
  • note
  • obligation
  • offence
  • offense
  • outstandings
  • peccadillo
  • price tag
  • promissory note
  • receipt
  • reckoning
  • red ink
  • responsibility
  • score
  • sin
  • sinfulness
  • tab
  • tally
  • transgression
  • trespass
  • unlawfulness
  • vice
  • violation
  • voucher
  • wickedness
  • wrongdoing

debts

handicap

  • advantage
  • adversity
  • albatross
  • arrest
  • baffle
  • baggage
  • balk
  • bar
  • barricade
  • barrier
  • benefit
  • bind
  • bit
  • block
  • blockade
  • blockage
  • brake
  • brick wall
  • burden
  • catch
  • chain
  • check
  • choke
  • clog
  • confine
  • constrain
  • constraint
  • cramp
  • crimp
  • cumber
  • curb
  • danger
  • debit
  • delay
  • derail
  • deterrent
  • detriment
  • difficulty
  • disability
  • disadvantage
  • disbenefit
  • disrupt
  • downside
  • drag
  • drawback
  • edge
  • embargo
  • embarrass
  • embarrassment
  • encumber
  • encumbrance
  • failing
  • favor
  • fetter
  • foil
  • frustrate
  • give a hard time
  • halter
  • hamper
  • hamstring
  • handcuff
  • hangup
  • hardship
  • hazard
  • head start
  • hinder
  • hindrance
  • hitch
  • hobble
  • hog-tie
  • hold back
  • hold up
  • holdback
  • holdup
  • hurdle
  • impairment
  • impede
  • impediment
  • incommodity
  • inhibit
  • inhibition
  • interference
  • leash
  • let
  • liability
  • limit
  • limitation
  • load
  • manacle
  • millstone
  • minus
  • mire
  • muzzle
  • negative
  • obstacle
  • obstruct
  • obstruction
  • odds
  • peril
  • points
  • psychological baggage
  • put out of commission
  • reef
  • rein
  • repress
  • restrain
  • restraint
  • restrict
  • restriction
  • retain
  • retard
  • roadblock
  • rub
  • sabotage
  • shackle
  • shackles
  • short-circuit
  • shortcoming
  • sideline
  • smother
  • snag
  • stall
  • start
  • stifle
  • stone wall
  • stop
  • stoppage
  • strangle
  • stranglehold
  • strike
  • stumbling block
  • stump
  • stymie
  • suffocate
  • suppress
  • take out
  • tether
  • thwart
  • tie
  • tie up
  • trammel
  • trump card
  • upper hand
  • vantage

handicaps

  • adversities
  • albatross
  • albatrosses
  • arrests
  • baffles
  • balks
  • barricades
  • barriers
  • bars
  • binds
  • bits
  • blockades
  • blockages
  • blocks
  • brakes
  • brick walls
  • burdens
  • catches
  • chains
  • checks
  • chokes
  • clogs
  • confines
  • constrains
  • constraints
  • cramps
  • crimps
  • cumbers
  • curbs
  • dangers
  • debits
  • delays
  • derails
  • deterrents
  • difficulties
  • disabilities
  • disadvantages
  • disbenefits
  • disrupts
  • downsides
  • drags
  • drawbacks
  • embargoes
  • embarrasses
  • embarrassments
  • encumbers
  • encumbrances
  • failings
  • fetters
  • foils
  • frustrates
  • gives a hard time
  • halters
  • hampers
  • handcuffs
  • hardships
  • hazards
  • hinders
  • hindrances
  • hitches
  • hobbles
  • hog-ties
  • holdbacks
  • holds back
  • holds up
  • holdups
  • hurdles
  • impairments
  • impedes
  • impediments
  • incommodities
  • inhibitions
  • inhibits
  • interferences
  • leashes
  • lets
  • liabilities
  • loads
  • manacles
  • millstones
  • minuses
  • mires
  • muzzles
  • negatives
  • obstacles
  • obstructions
  • obstructs
  • perils
  • reefs
  • reins
  • represses
  • restrains
  • restraints
  • retains
  • retards
  • roadblocks
  • rubs
  • sabotages
  • shackles
  • short-circuits
  • shortcomings
  • smothers
  • snags
  • stalls
  • stifles
  • stone walls
  • stoppages
  • stops
  • strangleholds
  • strangles
  • strikes
  • stumbling blocks
  • stumps
  • stymies
  • suffocates
  • suppresses
  • tethers
  • thwarts
  • ties
  • ties up
  • trammels

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