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
Repeat debit attempts by online payday lenders have been shown to trigger overdraft fees and even account closures for many borrowers.
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Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
Knowing that coverage won’t renew automatically—or surprise them with a large debit—makes budgeting simpler.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
The pleasant, polished drama provides a compassionate take on a high schooler undergoing considerable change, its only debit being the arguably too-neat depiction of that transitional circumstance.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Recipients are issued electronic benefits on a card that can be used to purchase food just like a debit or credit card.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
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Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
Knowing that coverage won’t renew automatically—or surprise them with a large debit—makes budgeting simpler.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
The pleasant, polished drama provides a compassionate take on a high schooler undergoing considerable change, its only debit being the arguably too-neat depiction of that transitional circumstance.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Recipients are issued electronic benefits on a card that can be used to purchase food just like a debit or credit card.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 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
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While Benthaus was the first person with a significant physical handicap to fly in space, European Space Agency astronaut John McFall, who has a prosthetic leg, has been cleared for selection to a future flight to the International Space Station.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
20 Dec. 2025
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There were 13 handicap spaces spread around the auditoriums at Regal Falls.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
19 Dec. 2025
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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 Hurricanes walled up early in the Fiesta Bowl, holding Mississippi to minus-one yard.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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Hurley pushed every right button, from running great sets, especially to get Braylon Mullins his six 3-pointers and 24 points, and keeping his leading scorer, Solo Ball, on the bench over the final minutes and all of overtime because Stewart, with his plus-minus of 18, created the better matchups.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Debit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debit. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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