subtracter

Variant of subtract

transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. to take away (a part from a whole)
  2. to take away or deduct (one number or quantity from another)

Origin: < L subtractus, pp. of subtrahere, to draw away underneath, subtract < sub-, sub- + trahere, to draw

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