debit
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Talk to an elder-care attorney and ask to see the accounts for his debit card and other financial transactions.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
The stolen data did not include Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, passport numbers, financial account information, credit or debit card information or account passwords.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Julia told PA that the debit took Adam's account "considerably" into overdraft.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Alaska also announced a number of changes to its loyalty program, including a new debit card it plans to launch next year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Nali put her debit card on top of it and said to Nathan, “I’m going to wash up. After that, we’ll call Devin and let him know.”
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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Many people have been put off that idea owing to the perceived complication of wages being paid into that account, and direct debits and the like needing to be moved.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
It may also involve traditional accounting activities, such as tracking payments in a general ledger, involving debits and credits and double-entry accounting, as well as accounts payable activities of making payments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
The ledger of Newman’s youth had mostly debits for the future painter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
Sultana had promoted the membership portal on social media but Corbyn later said the emails were "unauthorised" and should be ignored, while any direct debits set up should be "immediately cancelled".
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025
And then the account book proper, with debits and credits on facing pages.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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The bank fixed the error and gave him a deposit slip that read: “Correction, teller debited wrong account.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
The cash helped her cover expenses until payday, when the app debited the borrowed $100, plus $18 for the fee and tip.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
Payments that are automatically debited are expected to resume on the first due date after payments are again required.
From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2021
This will ensure that the appropriate funds are debited or credited from your account when you pay for a purchase or receive compensation from work.
From Encyclopedia.com ● Feb. 5, 2018
You might think that what you receive into the exchequer would be credited and your expenses debited, but that is where you miss the whole theory of practical accounting.
From Of All Things by Robert C. Benchley
Warren also said that Bilt’s practice of immediately debiting rent payments may have run afoul of the 2009 Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act’s disclosure requirements for credit cards.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
But the mechanism by which the government sells its debt, debiting bank reserves held at the Fed in exchange for the new bills and bonds, could still test the resilience of some smaller institutions.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
Last month, the bureau punished Enova, which runs online lender CashNetUSA, for failing to honor promised loan extensions and for debiting customers’ bank accounts without authorization.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2019
This ability “endeared him to the Vatican,” because he could move church funds around by debiting an account in one branch and crediting one in another, with coins never changing hands.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2015
The next is John Sinclair, jun.; after debiting his out-takes, he received 8s. 4d. in cash?-Yes.
From Second Shetland Truck System Report by William Guthrie
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"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 17
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Century 21 Accounting, 9e, Chapters 1-3
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