Deduct

[De*duct·]

To deduct is to remove or take away some amount. If your boss deducts money from your paycheck because you're always late to work, she subtracts it.

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To lead forth or out.

Verb
reason by deduction; establish by deduction

Verb
make a subtraction

Verb
retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes"


v. t.
To lead forth or out.

v. t.
To take away, separate, or remove, in numbering, estimating, or calculating; to subtract; -- often with from or out of.

v. t.
To reduce; to diminish.


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.
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.
Two and a half per cent should be deducted out of the pay of the foreign troops.
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.

To lead forth or out.

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Usage Examples

If you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, don't teach him to subtract teach him to deduct.

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