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Verb: deduct  di'dúkt
  1. Make a subtraction
    "deduct this amount from my paycheque"
    - subtract, take off
     
  2. Retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments
    "My employer is deducting taxes"
    - withhold, recoup
     
  3. Reason by deduction; establish by deduction
    - deduce, infer, derive

Derived forms: deducted, deducting, deducts

See also: deductible, deduction

Type of: calculate, cipher, compute, conclude, cypher, figure [N. Amer], hold on, keep, reason, reason out, reckon, work out