Debit
in popular usage, debit often means simply to subtract an amount from account, as in "We have debited your bank account to cover the cost of..."
In accounting and bookkeeping, however, a debit transaction ( DR) is exactly the opposite of a credit (CR) transaction: a debit is an entry that increases assets and expenses, or which decreases liabilities, owner’s equities, and revenues.
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