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
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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