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
Something, perhaps, based upon a sliding 63-point scale of credits and debits.
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Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
Payments can also be made with a debit or credit card, though processing fees may apply.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
The next leap is letting the same instrument sit beside a user's debit balance and rewards points inside a single mobile wallet.
—Jamie Elkaleh, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Its usage dipped after federal regulation capped how much money banks and payment processors could make on debit, but the cards are once again ticking up in popularity.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
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Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
Payments can also be made with a debit or credit card, though processing fees may apply.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
The next leap is letting the same instrument sit beside a user's debit balance and rewards points inside a single mobile wallet.
—Jamie Elkaleh, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Its usage dipped after federal regulation capped how much money banks and payment processors could make on debit, but the cards are once again ticking up in popularity.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for debit
Noun
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Are there any disadvantages to redshirting?—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Across the country, girls and women are once again being asked to overcome structural disadvantages that Title IX was designed to eliminate.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
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Basque producers hope for a similar breakthrough, positioning their language not as a handicap but as a marker of distinction.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Everything about me—my careful disclaimers, my refusal to claim desire, my constant return to limits and boundaries—is an inoculation against liability.—
Gary Greenberg,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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There is no right to censor open forum comments — if a speaker says things that expose them to liability, that is not the board’s responsibility.—
Kelly G. Richardson,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Alabama and Ole Miss vaulted into the club with big wins, while Texas A&M crept into minus-odds territory with a home win against Auburn.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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After logging nine points and having a plus-minus rating of minus-6 in 21 regular-season games, Jones logged nine points (four goals, five assists) and had a plus-11 rating in 23 Stanley Cup playoff games while averaging a team-high 25 minutes 30 seconds of ice time per game.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Debit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debit. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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