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DR

English translation: Debit Record

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:DR
Selected answer:Debit Record
Entered by: Natalya Zelikova

11:55 Dec 9, 2005
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general)
English term or phrase: DR
Amount of rent owed: [symbol of pounds sterling] xxx.xxDR
What exactly this DR means?

Thank you in advance.
Natalya Zelikova
Poland
Local time: 18:06
Debit Record
Explanation:
One of the expansions for DR given in Acronym Finder is Debit Record. Maybe that's it.
Selected response from:

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:06
Grading comment
Thank you. You all helped me a lot, but I see this answer as more explanatory.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +3debit
Dave Calderhead
1 +6debit
Ziad Marzouka
4Overdrawn/debit?
John Bowden
3Debtor
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
2 +1Debit Record
Jack Doughty


  

Answers


8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
dr
Debtor


Explanation:
Possibly

Anna Maria Augustine (X)
France
Local time: 18:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  John Bowden: I don't think it's the debtor (person) , but the amount owing (debit amount)
12 mins
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +6
dr
debit


Explanation:
just a guess

Ziad Marzouka
Switzerland
Local time: 18:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dave Calderhead: I was busy trying to find the right reference while you posted your guess (:-{)>
4 mins
  -> Thanks Dave! I guess you deserve an agree as well.
agree  John Bowden: Yes, I think so - I have lots of experience of being in debt!
7 mins
  -> Thanks! I hope you're not in debt anymore!
agree  urst: probably (DR: debit; CR: credit)
9 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  silvia b (X)
2 hrs
  -> Grazie!
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
3 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  marybro
9 hrs
  -> Thanks
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
dr
debit


Explanation:
Principles of accounting
Bestandsformaat: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - HTML-versie
double-entry bookkeeping, which records both the debit (DR) and credit ...
www.londonexternal.ac.uk/.../programme_resources/ lse/lse_pdf/foundation_units/prin_acc/prinacc_complete.pdf

Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Local time: 18:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 50

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  John Bowden: We all seem to have had the same idea - the result of a lifetime of debt??
3 mins
  -> Thanks, John (:-{)> How did you guess - the credit card generation?
agree  Ziad Marzouka
9 mins
  -> Thanks, Ziad (:-{)>
agree  Romanian Translator (X)
3 days 13 hrs
  -> Thanks (:-{)>
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Overdrawn/debit?


Explanation:
On UK bank statements, DR indicates that the account is "in the red" - loan statements also frequently show the sum outstanding/owing as £ xxx DR (as opposed to CR - in credit)

HTH

John Bowden
Local time: 17:06
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Debit Record


Explanation:
One of the expansions for DR given in Acronym Finder is Debit Record. Maybe that's it.

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:06
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 79
Grading comment
Thank you. You all helped me a lot, but I see this answer as more explanatory.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nikos Mastrakoulis
33 mins
  -> Thank you.
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