Debtor = dr Creditor = cr
Geoff +44 20 7100 1092 +44 7770 58 48 38 +33 5 46 97 13 89 +33 6 22 93 00 53 > On 5 Sep 2018, at 15:59, Derek Atkins <warl...@mit.edu> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I'm an Engineer by training; I've picked up a ton of accounting > knowledge just by being involved here for the past few decades, but > there's one thing I've seen recently that I honestly don't underdstand > and would appreciate if a CPA or Accounting Historian could answer. > > Specifically, I've seen people show a transaction as: > > Dr ... / Cr ... > > So CR as an abbreviation for Credit makes sense to me (CRedit). But why > is Debit abbreviated as DR? There is no "R" in DEBIT. So where does > that come from? I would have expected it to be "Db". > > Just curious. > > -derek > > -- > Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory > Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) > URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH > warl...@mit.edu PGP key available > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.