Meaning
1 sensesMinus; not including
It should then tax all of that as personal income, less the proportion of the car's annual mileage demonstrably clocked up on company business.
Total: $500, less $50 expenses.
ми́нусmínus, за вы́четомza výčetom
Examples
4010 sentencesI have at least ten books.
У мене є принаймні десять книжок. — deniko
deIch habe mindestens zehn Bücher. — MUIRIEL
That's the least of my problems.
Це найменша з моїх проблем. — deniko
We've got less than an hour.
У нас менше години. — deniko
ruУ нас меньше часа. — odexed
deUns bleibt weniger als eine Stunde. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The less you know, the better, OK?
Чим менше ти знаєш, тим краще, гаразд? — deniko
That probably cost less than a dollar.
Це, мабуть, коштувало менше долара. — deniko
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Adverb From Middle English les, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣs (“smaller, lessAdverb From Middle English les, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣs (“smaller, less”), from Proto-Germanic *laisiz, from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to shrink, grow thin, be gentle”). Cognate with Old Frisian lēs (“less”), Old Saxon lēs (“less”). According to Kroonen (2013), from a northern Indo-European root Proto-Indo-European *leh₂is- or *leh₃is-, which he connects to Lithuanian liesas (“lean”).
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