Meaning of DEDUCT
| Pronunciation: | | di'dukt
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- [v] reason by deduction; establish by deduction
- [v] make a subtraction
- [v] retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes"
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| | Synonyms: | | deduce, derive, infer, recoup, subtract, take off, withhold |
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| | Antonyms: | | add, add together | | |
| | See Also: | | calculate, carry back, cipher, compute, conclude, cypher, dock, elicit, extrapolate, figure, hold on, keep, reason, reason out, reckon, surmise, work out | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
--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.
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| | Related Terms: | | abate, abrade, abridge, abstract, allow, bate, charge off, collect, compress, conclude, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, damp, dampen, decrease, deduce, deflate, depreciate, depress, derive, derogate, detract, diminish, discount, disparage, downgrade, drain, draw, draw back, eat away, erode, extract, file away, gather, impair, judge, kick back, knock off, leach, lessen, lower, make, make allowance, make out, pare, purify, rebate, reduce, refine, refund, remove, retrench, roll back, rub away, scale down, shorten, simplify, step down, subduct, subtract, take, take a premium, take away, take from, take off, take out, thin, thin out, tune down, wear away, weed, withdraw, write off |
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