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English Dictionary: deduct	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deduct v make a subtraction; "subtract this amount from my paycheck" Synonym(s): subtract, deduct, take off Antonym(s): add, add together retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes" Synonym(s): withhold, deduct, recoup reason by deduction; establish by deduction Synonym(s): deduce, infer, deduct, derive
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deduct \Deduct"\, 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.] A people deducted out of the city of Philippos. --Udall. 2. To take away, separate, or remove, in numbering, estimating, or calculating; to subtract; -- often with from or out of. Deduct* what is but vanity, or dress. --Pope. Two and a half per cent should be deducted out of the pay of the foreign troops. --Bp. Burnet. We deduct from the computation of our years that part of our time which is spent in . . . infancy. --Norris. 3. To reduce; to diminish. [Obs.] [bd]Do not deduct it to days.[b8] --Massinger.