Debit
Debit (alternatively known as debit entry and commonly abbreviated Dr because of Latin debere) is any entry into financial books that either increases asset-origin accounts or decreases equity-origin accounts. Any journal entry contains at least one debit entry.
Definitions
According to College Accounting: A Practical Approach by Slater (13th edition),
Related concepts
- Bookkeeping. Recording, filing, and retrieving of financial data, as well as producing those financial reports that are required by laws.