DR (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 transaction) 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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