Accounting Dictionary - Letter D

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Debit
is the left side of a T account. Debit is also an entry on the left side of an account. Under the double entry bookkeeping system, debits increase asset and expense accounts and decrease liability, equity, and income (revenue) accounts. Debiting is a verb that means making a debit entry.
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