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
Think debit and credit summaries, average transaction values, estimated revenue figures, instances of insufficient funds, deposit and withdrawal histories and net cash flow calculations.
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Jess Turner, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Transfers funded with debit or credit cards appear to be excluded in the Senate version.
—Jacqueline Charles Miami Herald, Arkansas Online, 21 June 2025
Payments with checks or debit or credit cards are not rounded, however.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 31 May 2025
Chime makes most of its money on interchange–the 1% to 2% fees merchants are charged to accept debit and credit cards–and has been expanding aggressively into small-dollar lending.
—Jeff Kauflin, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
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Jess Turner, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Transfers funded with debit or credit cards appear to be excluded in the Senate version.
—Jacqueline Charles Miami Herald, Arkansas Online, 21 June 2025
Payments with checks or debit or credit cards are not rounded, however.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 31 May 2025
Chime makes most of its money on interchange–the 1% to 2% fees merchants are charged to accept debit and credit cards–and has been expanding aggressively into small-dollar lending.
—Jeff Kauflin, Forbes.com, 2 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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As my colleague Hayley Smith reports, weakening the three agencies at the start of fire season puts California at a dangerous disadvantage.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
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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The green card must be relinquished according to specific procedures to escape U.S. tax liability.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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Despite progress in recent years, Illinois still faces more than $140 billion in unfunded pension liabilities.—
Scott Cohn,
CNBC,
12 July 2025
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Reath has little athletic pop, doesn’t rebound and is a minus defender overall.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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He’s got 10 goals (including three game-winners) and 10 assists and he’s tied with linemate Anton Lundell for the lead in playoff plus/minus at plus-18 (spare me your quibbles with the stat, analytics-heads).—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
17 June 2025
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“Debit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debit. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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