Meaning & use
Cr
An abbreviation used in accounting and banking for credit, an entry that increases certain accounts.
See it in a sentence
The bank statement listed a CR next to the deposit, showing money added to the account.
In double-entry bookkeeping, every debit must be balanced by an equal CR somewhere else.
A note on using this word
CR is the opposite of DR, which stands for debit; together they form the two sides of every bookkeeping entry.
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Words with an opposite meaning
dr
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