deduct

See also: deduc't

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin deductus, perfect passive participle of verb deducere (“lead from”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈdʌkt/, /dɪˈdʊkt/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʌkt

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.

   I will deduct the cost of the can of peas from the money I owe you.

   The player was deducted a point for violent conduct.

Derived terms

• deductability
• deductable
• deductee
• deductive
• deductor
• prededuct
• rededuct
• undeducted

 

Related terms

• deduce
• deduction
• withhold

Translations

to take one thing from another

• Bulgarian: изваждам (bg) (izvaždam), намалявам (bg) (namaljavam), удържам (bg) (udǎržam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 扣除 (zh) (kòuchú)

• Finnish: vähentää (fi)
• French: décompter (fr), déduire (fr)
• German: abziehen (de)
• Hungarian: levon (hu), (in finance, as expenses) leír (hu)
• Interlingua: deducer, discontar
• Italian: defalcare (it), detrarre (it)
• Japanese: 差し引く (ja) (さしひく, sashihiku), 引く (ja) (ひく, hiku)
• Russian: вычита́ть (ru) impf (vyčitátʹ), вы́честь (ru) pf (výčestʹ), уде́рживать (ru) impf (udérživatʹ), удержа́ть (ru) pf (uderžátʹ) (esp. of money)
• Serbo-Croatian: odbiti (sh), одбити
• Swedish: dra av
• Tagalog: awasin

Anagrams

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