debit
Defined in 5 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)
United States Code
2 U.S.C. § 932 — as used in this chapter
The term “debit” refers to the net total amount, when positive, by which costs recorded on the PAYGO scorecards for a fiscal year exceed savings recorded on those scorecards for that year.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Asum charged as due or owing. The term is used in book-keeping to denote the charging of a person or an account with all that is supplied to or paid out for him or for the subject of the account.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
accounts, commerce; a term used in book-keeping to express the left hand page of the jedger, to which are carried all the articles supplied or paid on the subject of an account, or that are charged to that account. It also signifies the balance of an account.