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
Drivers can pay for most meters with coins, contactless payment and a debit or credit card.
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Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
Payment methods include cash, credit/debit, Apple Pay and Google Pay.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Pro tip: Notre Dame is a cashless campus, so be ready to break out your debit or credit card.
—Eric Larsen, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Up to $5 worth of copies can be printed at one time with a temporary charge of $5 when paying for printing and copying by debit or credit card.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
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Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
Payment methods include cash, credit/debit, Apple Pay and Google Pay.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Pro tip: Notre Dame is a cashless campus, so be ready to break out your debit or credit card.
—Eric Larsen, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Up to $5 worth of copies can be printed at one time with a temporary charge of $5 when paying for printing and copying by debit or credit card.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for debit
Noun
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There are advantages and disadvantages to consider.—
Michael Collins,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Advanced users were given the option of several versions of those models, all of which had advantages and disadvantages.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
11 Aug. 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
Noun
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Lloyd's of London's exclusion of microplastic liability coverage signals broader insurance market caution.—
Trond Arne Undheim,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Price-to-book measures the value of a company's assets minus its liabilities.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
15 Aug. 2025
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But everything else was B or C, usually minuses thereof.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Aug. 2025
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According to one catch-all metric, box plus/minus, Flagg, while at Duke, had the most impactful freshman season of any NCAA men’s basketball player in the past 15 years aside from Zion Williamson and Anthony Davis.—
Christian Clark,
New York Times,
6 July 2025
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“Debit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debit. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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