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French
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin dēbitum (“debt”). Doublet of dette
Pronunciation
Noun
débit m (plural débits)
- (of water) flow, rate of flow
- (of production) output
1966, C. van de Kieft, “Monopole de vente du "gruit" (produit végétal employé dans la fabrication de la bière) et droit de ban”, in Acta Historiae Neerlandica, volume 1, page 79:De la sorte, le banvin empêchait le débit de vins de qualité inférieure et servait l’intérêt général.- In this way, the banvin prevented the output of poor-quality wines and served the general interest.
- (accounting) debit
- Coordinate term: crédit
- une carte de débit ― a debit card
- shop
- un débit de tabac ― a tobacconist's
- un débit de boissons ― a bar
- (hydrology) discharge
- (telecommunications) bandwidth, throughput
- haut débit ― broadband
- (telecommunications) bitrate
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