noun.
That which is entered in an account as a debt; a recorded item of debt: as, the debits exceed the credits.
noun.
That part of another's account in which one enters any article of goods furnished or money paid to or on account of that other: as, place that to my debit.
To charge with as a debt: as, to debit a purchaser the amount of goods sold.
To enter on the debtor side of a book: as, to debit the sum or amount of goods sold.