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Webster 1913 Edition
Deduct
De-duct′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Deducted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Deducting
.] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Deduct
DEDUCT
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
deduct
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See also: deduc't
English
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.
- I will deduct the cost of the can of peas from the money I owe you.
Translations
to take one thing from another
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