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Definition of Deduct

1. Verb. Make a subtraction. "Subtract this amount from my paycheck"

2. Verb. Retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments. "They deduct the money "; "My employer is withholding taxes"

3. Verb. Reason by deduction; establish by deduction.

Definition of Deduct

1. v. t. To lead forth or out.

Definition of Deduct

1. Verb. To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller by some amount. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Deduct

1. to subtract [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: subtract

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deduct

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Literary usage of Deduct

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"Indiana Statute, without permitting the shareholder to deduct from their assessed value the amount of his bona flde indebtedness, as in the case of other ..."

2. Manual for the Medical Department of the United States Navy by United States, Bureau of medicine and surgery, United States Navy. Medical Dept (1917)
"deduct from 15 to 35. Loss of finger or toes. deduct from 15 to 35. Loss of eye. deduct 15. ... deduct from 5 to 10. Varicose veins. deduct from 5 to 35. ..."

3. Hazard's United States Commercial and Statistical Register edited by Samuel Hazard (1841)
"deduct claims »л above, ... deduct due American Life and Trust Company, ... deduct due Board of Education, - 21500 deduct due Board of Education, ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: In by Sandford Nevile, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, James Manning (1834)
"... If he may deduct the, amount out of (In: annuity, he maj bring an action to ... to deduct the duty from the annuity, in case the duty shall have been ..."

5. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"Without the walls a ruin'd temple stands, TO deduct, ... He who makes an estimate is obliged to deduct; he who makes a calculation is obliged to subtract. ..."

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