deduct

English

Etymology

From Latin deductus, perfect passive participle of verb deducere (“lead from”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪˈdʌkt/, /dɪˈdʊkt/
• Rhymes: -ʌkt

Verb

deduct (third-person singular simple present deducts, present participle deducting, simple past and past participle deducted)

1. To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller by some amount.

   I will deduct the cost of the can of peas from the money I owe you.

Translations

to take one thing from another

• Bulgarian: изваждам (bg) (izvaždam), намалявам (bg) (namaljavam), удържам (bg) (udǎržam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 扣除 (cmn) (kòuchú)

• Finnish: vähentää (fi)
• French: décompter (fr), déduire (fr)
• German: abziehen (de)

• Italian: defalcare (it)
• Japanese: 差し引く (ja) (さしひく, sashihiku), 引く (ja) (ひく, hiku)
• Russian: вычитать (ru) (vyčitátʹ) impf., вычесть (ru) (výčestʹ) pf., удерживать (ru) (udérživatʹ) impf., удержать (ru) (uderžátʹ) pf. (esp. of money)
• Serbo-Croatian: odbiti (sh), одбити (sh)
• Swedish: dra av (sv)

Related terms

• deduce
• deduction

Anagrams

• ducted