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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] A people deducted out of the city of Philippos --Udall. 2. To take away separate, or remove, in numbering, estimating, or calculating; to subtract; -- often with from or out of Deduct what is but vanity, or dress. --Pope. Two and a half per cent should be deducted out of the pay of the foreign troops. --Bp. Burnet. We deduct from the computation of our years that part of our time which is spent in . . . infancy. --Norris. 3. To reduce; to diminish. [Obs.] ``Do not deduct it to days.'' --Massinger. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: deduct v 1: make a subtraction [syn: {subtract}, {take off}] [ant: {add}] 2: retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes" [syn: {withhold}, {recoup}] 3: reason by deduction; establish by deduction [syn: {deduce}, {infer}, {derive}]
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