'Deduct' definitions:

Definition of 'deduct'

From: WordNet
verb
Make a subtraction; "subtract this amount from my paycheck" [syn: subtract, deduct, take off] [ant: add, add together]
verb
Retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes" [syn: withhold, deduct, recoup]
verb
Reason by deduction; establish by deduction [syn: deduce, infer, deduct, derive]

Definition of 'Deduct'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • A people deducted out of the city of Philippos. --Udall. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To take away, separate, or remove, in numbering, estimating, or calculating; to subtract; -- often with from or out of. [1913 Webster]
  • Deduct what is but vanity, or dress. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • Two and a half per cent should be deducted out of the pay of the foreign troops. --Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
  • We deduct from the computation of our years that part of our time which is spent in . . . infancy. --Norris. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To reduce; to diminish. [Obs.] "Do not deduct it to days." --Massinger. [1913 Webster]