Verb: deduct di'dúkt
- (arithmetic) make a subtraction
"deduct this amount from my paycheque";
- subtract, take off
- Retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments
"My employer is deducting taxes";
- withhold, recoup
- [rare] Conclude by reasoning from evidence or premises
- deduce, infer, derive
Derived forms: deducted, deducting, deducts
Type of: calculate, cipher, compute, conclude, cypher, figure [N. Amer], hold on, keep, reason, reason out, reckon, work out
Antonym: add