as in disadvantage
a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success
one of the debits of living in the country was the lack of easy accessibility to health care
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Recent Examples of debit
Your child is constantly borrowing your debit or credit card.
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Melissa Willets, Parents, 30 Oct. 2025
The debits and credits still aren’t adding up.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
Individual states handle the distribution, while the federal government provides the funds and infrastructure that power the debit-like cards.
—The Npr Network, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
The data includes digital purchase and cancellation receipts, consumer subscription signals, and credit, debit and banking data.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
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Melissa Willets, Parents, 30 Oct. 2025
The debits and credits still aren’t adding up.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
Individual states handle the distribution, while the federal government provides the funds and infrastructure that power the debit-like cards.
—The Npr Network, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
The data includes digital purchase and cancellation receipts, consumer subscription signals, and credit, debit and banking data.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for debit
Noun
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But without Cooper, Willams and Patton, the Cyclones will be at a severe personnel disadvantage.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Nov. 2025
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Hoffman acknowledged that the developers of data centers have been prone to operate in secret out of their concern of putting clients at a competitive disadvantage compared with rival companies.—
Peter Passi,
Twin Cities,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Not the one who improved their golf handicap.—
Phil Blair,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Oct. 2025
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EconomyFortune 500 Experts say Trump’s $100,000 fee for a talent visa is a handicap on the tech industry.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The decision carried no criminal nor civil liability.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
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Once CoreWeave sheds its liabilities over the next five years, Blakely says, a growing percent of its revenue can begin coming from infrastructure that’s already paid off, boosting CoreWeave’s margins.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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The Broncos won despite finishing minus-two in the turnover department.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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To start this trip, the 21-year-old was held scoreless and finished with a team-worst plus/minus of minus 20 in 21 minutes during Thursday’s loss to the Spurs in San Antonio.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Debit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debit. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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