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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A method of bookkeeping in which a transaction is entered both as a debit to one account and a credit to another account, so that the totals of debits and credits are equal.

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  • noun bookkeeper debits the transaction to one account and credits it to another

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