'Deduct' definitions:
Definition of 'deduct'
From: WordNet
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]
Synonyms of 'deduct'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- abrade,
- abridge,
- abstract,
- allow,
- bate,
- charge off,
- collect,
- compress,
- conclude,
- curtail,
- cut,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- damp,
- dampen,
- decrease,
- deduce,
- deflate,
- depreciate,
- depress,
- derive,
- derogate,
- detract,
- diminish,
- discount,
- disparage,
- downgrade,
- drain,
- draw,
- draw back,
- eat away,
- erode,
- extract,
- file away,
- gather,
- impair,
- judge,
- kick back,
- knock off,
- leach,
- lessen,
- lower,
- make,
- make allowance,
- make out,
- pare,
- purify,
- rebate,
- reduce,
- refine,
- refund,
- remove,
- retrench,
- roll back,
- rub away,
- scale down,
- shorten,
- simplify,
- step down,
- subduct,
- subtract,
- take,
- take a premium,
- take away,
- take from,
- take off,
- take out,
- thin,
- thin out,
- tune down,
- wear away,
- weed,
- withdraw,
- write off