Credit is giving money and debit is taking. A shop will debit its customers in exchange for goods and the customers will credit the shop for the goods.
In Accounting:
Example: To record the purchase for cash of office furniture
Debit Office Furniture and Credit Cash
The shop example above is an excellent example of the reason accounting seems backwards to most people. The way two parties account for a transaction is a mirror image. When shops and banks tell you they are crediting your account, they are telling you how they are accounting for it, which is backwards from the way you account for it.
debit
In the terms of accounting - advertising would be a debit - since you would be paying someone to advertise your business.
Debit is seen as Dr in accounting. Credit is Cr. They stand for Debit Record and Credit Record.
"Credit" and "Debit" are accounting terms. In short, a credit is an addition to the account in question while a debit is a withdrawl or transfer. Depending on the specific use of each there can be a bit more detail.
Debit and credit are accounting terms for different columns. A "debit card" is different from a "credit card" in that when used, the former takes money directly from your bank account. Simply i can say debit what comes in,credit what goes out. i prefer virtual credit cards.
Credit and debit are terms used in accounting and bookkeeping. Debit is typically listed first on the left side and credit will be on the right side. The words have opposite meanings. Debit is receiving and credit is giving and in business accounts debit is what comes in and credit is what goes out.
debit
In the terms of accounting - advertising would be a debit - since you would be paying someone to advertise your business.
Debit is seen as Dr in accounting. Credit is Cr. They stand for Debit Record and Credit Record.
credit
"Credit" and "Debit" are accounting terms. In short, a credit is an addition to the account in question while a debit is a withdrawl or transfer. Depending on the specific use of each there can be a bit more detail.
Debit and credit are accounting terms for different columns. A "debit card" is different from a "credit card" in that when used, the former takes money directly from your bank account. Simply i can say debit what comes in,credit what goes out. i prefer virtual credit cards.
The accounting rules are called the 'golden rules of accounting' ie debit what comes in and credit wht goes out debit the receiver and credit the giver debit all expenses and loss and credit all incomes and gains.
A debit is money paid out or a loss, a credit in income or a gain.
Cash is "not" a credit in accounting. The cash account is an asset and is a debit balance account. To increase the cash account you debit the account and to decrease it you credit it.Cash = Current Asset = Debit Balance(GAAP)
Accounting Entry: [Debit]Cash 8000 [Debit]Accumulated Depreciation 3000 [Credit] Machine 10000 [Credit]Profit on Sale 1000
Account means a single entry in double entry system such as i purchase some thing for business i recorded for example Land debit and money credit these debit and credit are called accounts in accounting