DEDUCT

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

Etymology

Verb

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.

Symbol

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Anagrams

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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