Accounting entry

The answer

DEBIT

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DEBIT answer page.

Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• CREDIT (5 uses in xd)
• LINEITEM (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for DEBIT

Every other clue in this collection answered by DEBIT, most used first.

• Ledger entry - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
• Credit alternative - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Red-ink entry - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Payment option - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• "Credit or ___?" - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Bookkeeper's entry - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Account subtraction - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Bank subtraction - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Account entry - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Credit counterpart - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Credit's opposite - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Calendar entry - EVENT, used 54 times
• Young's partner in accounting - ERNST, used 36 times
• Black-ink entry - ASSET, used 25 times
• Balance sheet entry - ASSET, used 24 times
• There's no accounting for it - TASTE, used 22 times
• Young's accounting partner - ERNST, used 18 times

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