Hypertext Webster Gateway: "deduct"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.]

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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}]


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