DEBITS Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

debits

noun

plural of debit

as in disadvantages

a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success one of the debits of living in the country was the lack of easy accessibility to health care

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Recent Examples of debits In 1997, the annual event made its debits as the Florida Extravaganza on the north campus of Florida International University in North Miami. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026 During this window, originators or receiving banks can initiate reversals for reasons such as insufficient funds, account errors or unauthorized debits, leaving property owners uncertain about fund availability. — Karthik Sankara Narayanan, Forbes.com, 13 Feb. 2026 This double-entry bookkeeping revolved around having a set of accounts, drawn up by merchant bankers and their clerks, for households, companies and wealthy individuals, set out in debits and credits. — Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025 The debits and credits still aren’t adding up. — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025 Something, perhaps, based upon a sliding 63-point scale of credits and debits. — Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025 The agreement defined credits and debits and set parameters for when water could be stored upstream. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025

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The advantages far, far outweigh the disadvantages, but the disadvantages at blue bloods are the outside noise is always going to be way over the top, no matter what’s happening.

— Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
As the lone charter school playing at the highest level of Public League football, Bulls Prep has some disadvantages, such as no true practice field.

— Mike McGraw, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

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Terra Herbal argues that because its marijuana activities are now covered by the Schedule III order, Section 280E no longer applies and the change should affect its prior-year liabilities.

— Carolyn Schenck, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Now, overdependence on satellites and on SpaceX are major liabilities.

— Kathleen Curlee, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2026

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