deduct

To deduct is defined as to subtract or take away from a total.

(verb)

If you have four cookies and someone takes two and you now only have two, this is an example of when someone deducts two cookies.

See deduct in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to take away or subtract (a quantity)

Origin: ME deducten < L deductus, pp. of deducere: see deduce

See deduct in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb de·duct·ed, de·duct·ing, de·ducts

verb, transitive

verb, intransitive

To take away a desirable part: Poor plumbing deducts from the value of the house.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English deducten

Origin: , from Latin dēdūcere, dēduct-, to lead away or down; see deduce

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