Double-entry accounting requires transactions to affect two or more accounts, and the total of the debits to be greater than the credits.

Double-Entry Accounting

An accounting method requiring every financial transaction to be recorded in two accounts, one debit and one credit, to keep the accounting equation balanced.

Debits

Accounting entries that increase assets or expenses or decrease liabilities, equity, or revenue, recorded on the left side of an account.

Credits

Entries on the right-hand side of an accounting ledger, indicating increases in liability, equity accounts, and revenue, or a decrease in assets.