"deduct" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dɪˈdʌkt/ [UK], /dɪˈdʊkt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deduct.wav [Southern-England] Forms: deducts [present, singular, third-person], deducting [participle, present], deducted [participle, past], deducted [past]
Rhymes: -ʌkt Etymology: Borrowed from Latin deductus, perfect passive participle of verb deducere (“lead from”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dewk-}}, {{bor|en|la|deductus}} Latin deductus, {{m|la|deducere||lead from}} deducere (“lead from”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} deduct (third-person singular simple present deducts, present participle deducting, simple past and past participle deducted)
  1. To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller or less by some amount. Derived forms: deductor Related terms: deduce, deduction Translations (to take one thing from another): изваждам (izvaždam) (Bulgarian), намалявам (namaljavam) (Bulgarian), удържам (udǎržam) (Bulgarian), 扣除 (kòuchú) (Chinese Mandarin), vähentää (Finnish), décompter (French), déduire (French), abziehen (German), levon (Hungarian), leír (note: in finance, as expenses) (Hungarian), deducer (Interlingua), discontar (Interlingua), defalcare (Italian), detrarre (Italian), 差し引く (sashihiku) (alt: さしひく) (Japanese), 引く (hiku) (alt: ひく) (Japanese), вычита́ть (vyčitátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́честь (výčestʹ) [perfective] (Russian), уде́рживать (udérživatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), удержа́ть (uderžátʹ) [especially, perfective] (Russian), odbiti (Serbo-Croatian), одбити (Serbo-Croatian), dra av (Swedish), awasin (Tagalog)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to take one thing from another",
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      "sense": "to take one thing from another",
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      "sense": "to take one thing from another",
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      "sense": "to take one thing from another",
      "word": "déduire"
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      "sense": "to take one thing from another",
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      "sense": "to take one thing from another",
      "word": "levon"
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      "sense": "to take one thing from another",
      "word": "deducer"
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      "sense": "to take one thing from another",
      "word": "discontar"
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      "sense": "to take one thing from another",
      "word": "defalcare"
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      "sense": "to take one thing from another",
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