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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
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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for debits
Noun
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And yet, such disadvantages might have been overcome, especially in urban settings, had there been the vision and will among America’s industrialists.—
Bill Gourgey,
Popular Science,
5 Feb. 2026
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Bedpan cons That being said, there are a few disadvantages to using bedpans.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Jan. 2026
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And the administration is still dealing with the fallout from its agents having shot and killed Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis — situations which have also emerged as major liabilities for the administration.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Philanthropic partners paused conversations mid-sentence, waiting to see which issues, and which voices, might soon be deemed liabilities in a shifting political and legal landscape.—
Adrianne Wright,
Fortune,
11 Feb. 2026
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The cars' real handicaps were a lack of liquid cooling for the battery packs.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Secondary school students in less affluent states will find themselves with substandard educational offerings that may serve as handicaps when those students compete with those who have benefited from enriched educational opportunities provided in wealthier states.—
Blake D. Morant,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Debits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debits. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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