Meaning

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

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

    The player was deducted a point for violent conduct.

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    вычита́тьvyčitátʹ, вы́честьvýčestʹ, уде́рживатьudérživatʹ

More definitions
  • make a subtraction
  • retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments
  • reason by deduction; establish by deduction

Examples

4 sentences
  1. His employer deducted $50 from his wages.

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  2. Ziri deducted four thousand dinars from the bill.

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  3. He could deduct the furnishing of his work room from his taxes.

    deDie Einrichtung seines Arbeitszimmers konnte er von der Steuer absetzen.

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  4. From our monthly revenue, we should deduct the costs of food, rent, clothing, transportation etc.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to take one thing from another:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to take one thing from another:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

deducts, deducting, deducted, deducted
Base formdeduct · to deduct
3rd person singulardeducts
Present participlededucting
Past simplededucted
Past participlededucted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydeduct
he, she, itdeducts

Past simpleLesson

all personsdeducted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave deducted
he, she, ithas deducted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill deduct

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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