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Debit
In basic accounting terminology a "debit" is a purchase or expenditure. As this concept relates to credit card transactions, a debit is the same thing as a purchase, a charge, or a transaction. It represents money owed by the cardholder to the card issuer for a purchase made.

On a credit card statement, debits are added or tallied to represent a total balance owed at the end of the billing period. Exactly the reverse would occur in a checkbook register, for instance. In that case the holder of the account has a certain amount of money in the account from which debits are subtracted thus reducing the balance. In a credit card account debits increase the balance owed, thus a debit represents a debt.

A debit card however is the equivalent of a checking account scenario. The card holder has a given amount of money "on" the card. Purchases (or cash withdrawals), which are debits, are subtracted from that amount. Unless the cardholder adds additional funds to the debit card, the amount will ultima tely reach a zero balance.

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