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/dɪdˈəkt/ Listen

verb

Deduct v. t. (past & past part. deducted; pres. part. deducting)

To lead forth or out. (Obs.) "A people deducted out of the city of Philippos."

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." "Two and a half per cent should be deducted out of the pay of the foreign troops." "We deduct from the computation of our years that part of our time which is spent in... infancy."

To reduce; to diminish. (Obs.) "Do not deduct it to days."

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"Deduct" Quotes from Famous Books

... the house as though wafted—thus does a shining heart deduct bodily weight from life's obstructions; they had their tea; after tea they played games as usual, quite ordinary games; and in due course they went to bed. That is, they followed a customary routine, ...

— The Extra Day • Algernon Blackwood

... they comfort the sick man, and hand him the weekly stipend, half-a-crown, allowed out of the sick-fund. Hans contributes to this sick-fund two marks—two shillings and fourpence—a quarter. He does it willingly, but the master has power to deduct it from his wages in the name of the Guild. His poor sick friend dies; away from home and friends—a desolate being among strangers. But he is not, therefore, to be neglected. Every workman in the trade is called upon to contribute his share—about sevenpence—towards ...

— A Tramp's Wallet - stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France • William Duthie

... mistake. He had calculated to garner for himself a fat roll of the Propbridge currency; had counted upon enjoying a continuing source of income for so long as the wife continued to hand over hush money. Deduct the cuts which went to Zach Traynor, alias Townsend, for playing the part of the magazine editor, and to Cheesy Mike Zaugbaum, that camera wizard of newspaper staff work turned crook's helper—Zaugbaum it was who had worked the trick of the photographs—and still the major share of the spoils due ...

— Sundry Accounts • Irvin S. Cobb

... coming behind the funnel," she said, "I can give you my L5 notes, and perhaps you would get them changed for me and deduct what you think the stewardess ...

— Christopher and Columbus • Countess Elizabeth Von Arnim

... in sums between set limits of $100 and $1000. We're issuing five-year certificates of indebtedness bearing six per cent interest. Our producers will have about $9000 worth of milk a month to distribute. We plan to deduct five per cent every month from these milk checks to pay off the certificates. Then later we'll create a new set of certificates and redistribute these in proportion to the amounts of milk produced on ...

— How To Write Special Feature Articles • Willard Grosvenor Bleyer

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