Found 3 items, similar to deduct.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: deduct
memotong, mengurangi
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: deduct
deduct
v 1: make a subtraction [syn:
subtract,
take off] [ant:
add]
2: retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments;
“My
employer is withholding taxes” [syn:
withhold,
recoup]
3: reason by deduction; establish by deduction [syn:
deduce,
infer,
derive]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Deduct
Deduct
\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.]
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A people deducted out of the city of Philippos.
--Udall.
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2. To take away, separate, or remove, in numbering,
estimating, or calculating; to subtract; -- often with
from or out of.
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Deduct what is but vanity, or dress. --Pope.
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Two and a half per cent should be deducted out of
the pay of the foreign troops. --Bp. Burnet.
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We deduct from the computation of our years that
part of our time which is spent in . . . infancy.
--Norris.
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3. To reduce; to diminish. [Obs.]
“Do not deduct it to
days.” --Massinger.
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