Definition for DEB'IT

DEB'IT, n. [L. debitum, from debeo, to owe, Fr. devoir, Sp. deber, It. dovere. See Duty. The sense is probably to press or bind; Gr. δεω.]

Debt. It is usually written debt. But it is used in mercantile language, as the debit side of an account.

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