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Deduct definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEDUCT, v.t. To take from; to subtract; to separate or remove, in numbering, estimating or calculating. Thus we say, from the sum of two numbers, deduct the lesser number; from the amount of profits, deduct the charges of freight.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: make a subtraction; "subtract this amount from my paycheck" [syn: subtract, deduct, take off] [ant: add, add together]
2: retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes" [syn: withhold, deduct, recoup]
3: reason by deduction; establish by deduction [syn: deduce, infer, deduct, derive]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Etymology: Latin deductus, past participle of deducere Date: 15th century 1. to take away (an amount) from a total ; subtract 2. deduce, infer

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (often foll. by from) subtract, take away, withhold (an amount, portion, etc.). Etymology: L (as DEDUCE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Deduct De*duct", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deducted; p. pr. & vb. n. Deducting.] [L. deductus, p. p. of deducere to deduct. See Deduce.] 1. To lead forth or out. [Obs.] A people deducted out of the city of Philippos. --Udall. 2. To take away, separate, or remove, in numbering, estimating, or calculating; to subtract; -- often with from or out of. Deduct what is but vanity, or dress. --Pope. Two and a half per cent should be deducted out of the pay of the foreign troops. --Bp. Burnet. We deduct from the computation of our years that part of our time which is spent in . . . infancy. --Norris. 3. To reduce; to diminish. [Obs.] ``Do not deduct it to days.'' --Massinger.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(deducts, deducting, deducted) When you deduct an amount from a total, you subtract it from the total. The company deducted this payment from his compensation... VERB: V n from n, also V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Subtract, withdraw, remove, take away, take out.

Moby Thesaurus

abate, abrade, abridge, abstract, allow, bate, charge off, collect, compress, conclude, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, damp, dampen, decrease, deduce, deflate, depreciate, depress, derive, derogate, detract, diminish, discount, disparage, downgrade, drain, draw, draw back, eat away, erode, extract, file away, gather, impair, judge, kick back, knock off, leach, lessen, lower, make, make allowance, make out, pare, purify, rebate, reduce, refine, refund, remove, retrench, roll back, rub away, scale down, shorten, simplify, step down, subduct, subtract, take, take a premium, take away, take from, take off, take out, thin, thin out, tune down, wear away, weed, withdraw, write off