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
The trade: Selling a risk reversal Sold the QQQ June 27 $500 puts for $6.25 Bought the QQQ June 27 $525 calls for $8.00 This debit spread costs $1.75 or $175 per one lot spread This trade was executed when QQQs was roughly trading $516 DISCLOSURES: Kilburg owns the spread above and is long QQQ.
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Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 30 May 2025
These include online banking, debit/credit cards and PayPal.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
All major contactless debit and credit cards are accepted with a limit of £100.
—Caché McClay, USA Today, 5 June 2025
Notably, Klarna Card is powered by Visa Flexible Credential, a service from the American card network that lets users access multiple funding sources — like debit, credit and BNPL — from a single payment card.
—Ryan Browne, CNBC, 3 June 2025
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Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 30 May 2025
These include online banking, debit/credit cards and PayPal.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
All major contactless debit and credit cards are accepted with a limit of £100.
—Caché McClay, USA Today, 5 June 2025
Notably, Klarna Card is powered by Visa Flexible Credential, a service from the American card network that lets users access multiple funding sources — like debit, credit and BNPL — from a single payment card.
—Ryan Browne, CNBC, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for debit
Noun
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Walking away entirely from UNEP would put us at a disadvantage.—
Kristen Edgreen Kaufman,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Some of the female immune advantage may be male immune disadvantage, and while it’s accepted that hormones affect immunity, determining to what degree is an ongoing research question.—
Starre Vartan,
CNN Money,
7 July 2025
Noun
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In 1936, famed Olympic runner Jesse Owens raced a horse in a 100-yard dash and won thanks in part to a 40-yard handicap).—
Emily Barone,
Time,
19 July 2017
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LNK classes have done everything from installing handicap doors at Redwood to creating a Healthy Newborn site for Transitions that serves mothers going through addiction recovery.—
Brent Cooper,
Cincinnati.com,
17 July 2017
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In part, that’s because the state’s minimum liability coverage requirements are higher than other states.—
Liz Knueven,
CNBC,
30 June 2025
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Without it, the very leaders trusted with sustaining growth risk becoming liabilities themselves.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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The Knicks were 6-1 in those games, and Brunson posted a plus/minus of +71.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
31 May 2025
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But the minuses of Musk have become at least as significant as the pluses.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
29 May 2025
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“Debit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debit. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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