Meaning & use

Cr

abbreviation·Academic

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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