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verb de·duct \di-ˈdəkt, dē-\

: to take away (something, especially an amount of money) from a total

Full Definition of DEDUCT

transitive verb

1

:  to take away (an amount) from a total :  subtract

2

:  deduce, infer

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Examples of DEDUCT

1. You can deduct up to $500 for money given to charity.
2. <after deducting taxes, what's left is your net pay for the week>

Origin of DEDUCT

Latin deductus, past participle of deducere

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to DEDUCT

Synonyms

abate, subtract, knock off, take off

Antonyms

add, tack (on)

Related Words

decrease, diminish, discount, downsize, dwindle, knock down, lessen, lower, reduce; abbreviate, abridge, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, dock, pare, prune, retrench, shorten, slash, trim, truncate, whittle

Near Antonyms

adjoin, annex, append; complement, supplement; enhance, heighten, intensify, magnify; aggrandize, amplify, augment, beef (up), boost, compound, enlarge, escalate, expand, increase, multiply, raise

Rhymes with DEDUCT

abduct, adduct, bile duct, conduct, construct, eruct, induct, instruct, obstruct, reluct, subduct