debit
/ˈdebɪt/DEH-bit
/ˈdɛbɪt/DEH-bit
Meaningowed
Common meaning: an amount owed or taken out
- debto oweLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 515 · scan
- itpast-participle stem ending (from Latin -itum)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin dēbeō ‘to owe’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry dēbeō, p. 515 · dictionary scan
Roots
- dēbeō, dēbitum Latin “to owe”
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