[{"word":"debits","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"A cash sale is recorded as debit on the cash account and as credit on the sales account."},{"definition":"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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To make an entry on the debit side of an account.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To record a receivable in the bookkeeping.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"We shall debit the amount of your purchase to your account."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/debit","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/debits"]}]