(mainly US, commerce) a document, usually negotiable, containing a signed promise to pay a stated sum of money to a specified person at a designated date or on demand Also called note, note of hand.
Before the amendment, retailers paid an average of 44 cents for a typical debit card transaction, then valued at roughly $38. The Durbin rules meant that for that typical $38 purchase, the maximum fee would be about 24 cents, 45% less than the average cost before the law took effect.
To classify a cost as a long-term investment, rather than charging it to current operations. A capitalized cost does not appear on the income statement, but instead appears as a debit on the long-term assets account and a credit on the cash account of the balance sheet. However, the depreciation expense related to the capitalized cost will appear as an expense on the income statement. Since the long-term assets account is larger due to the effect of capitalization, the depreciation costs are also proportionately larger.