About The Word Deduct
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Deduct
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What's The Definition Of Deduct?
[v] reason by deduction; establish by deduction
[v] make a subtraction [v] retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes" Synonyms | Synonyms for Deduct: deduce | derive | infer | recoup | subtract | take off | withhold Related Terms | Find terms related to Deduct: 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 See Also | calculate | carry back | cipher | compute | conclude | cypher | dock | elicit | extrapolate | figure | hold on | keep | reason | reason out | reckon | surmise | work out Deduct In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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