🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

차변

Pronunciation / Transliteration: chabyeon

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Debit/ˈdɛb.ɪt/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"계좌에서 금액이 차변 기재되었습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An entry on the left-hand side of an account ledger recording a sum owed or money withdrawn.

    "The monthly statement showed a large debit for the new equipment."
As verb
  1. 1

    To enter an amount of money as due or paid out from an account.

    "The bank will automatically debit your account for the subscription fee."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'debitum', meaning 'what is owed' (from 'debere', to owe), entering Middle French as 'détte' and later reinforced in financial contexts via past participle forms. It evolved through 15th-century bookkeeping terminology to denote an entry recording a sum owed or withdrawn from an account.

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