deduct — de‧duct [dɪˈdʌkt] verb [transitive] 1. to take away an amount from a total: • Brazil has about 48 million bags of coffee available for sale; from this, deduct about eight million bags for domestic use. 2. ACCOUNTING to take away an amount from an … Financial and business terms
Deduct — De*duct , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deducted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deducting}.] [L. deductus, p. p. of deducere to deduct. See {Deduce}.] 1. To lead forth or out. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A people deducted out of the city of Philippos. Udall. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
deduct — de·duct vt: to take away (an amount) from a total; specif: to take as a deduction must be capitalized...rather than immediately deduct ed D. Q. Posin compare amortize Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
deduct — (v.) early 15c., from L. deductus, pp. of deducere lead down, bring away; see DEDUCE (Cf. deduce), with which it formerly was interchangeable. Technically, deduct refers to taking away portions or amounts; subtract to taking away numbers. Related … Etymology dictionary
deduct — [v] take away or out; reduce abstract, allow, bate, cut back, decrease by, diminish, discount, dock, draw back, knock off, lessen, rebate, reduce, remove, roll back, subtract, take, take from, take off, withdraw, write off; concepts 236,247 Ant.… … New thesaurus
deduct — ► VERB ▪ subtract or take away from a total. ORIGIN Latin deducere to take or lead away … English terms dictionary
deduct — [dē dukt′, didukt′] vt. [ME deducten < L deductus, pp. of deducere: see DEDUCE] to take away or subtract (a quantity) … English World dictionary
deduct — 01. Because she has to travel all over the place for her work , she can [deduct] her car as a business expense. 02. If you hand your assignment in late, I will [deduct] 5% for each day it is overdue. 03. The profits are lower than they appear… … Grammatical examples in English
deduct — UK [dɪˈdʌkt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms deduct : present tense I/you/we/they deduct he/she/it deducts present participle deducting past tense deducted past participle deducted to take an amount or number from a total deduct something from… … English dictionary
deduct — v. (D; tr.) to deduct from (to deduct a tax from one s wages) * * * [dɪ dʌkt] (D;tr.) to deductfrom (to deducta tax from one s wages) … Combinatory dictionary
