deduce, infer, deduct, derive
(verb) reason by deduction; establish by deduction
subtract, deduct, take off
(verb) make a subtraction; “subtract this amount from my paycheck”
withhold, deduct, recoup
(verb) retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; “My employer is withholding taxes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
deduct (third-person singular simple present deducts, present participle deducting, simple past and past participle deducted)
To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller by some amount.
DEDuCT
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Source: Wiktionary
De*duct", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deducted; p. pr. & vb. n. Deducting.] Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 November 2024
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
