débit
See also: debit
French
editEtymology
editBorrowing from Latin dēbitum (“debt”). Doublet of dette
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdébit 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
- (telecommunications) bitrate
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “débit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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