[dɪˈdʌkt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- subtract or take away (an amount or part) from a total
(e.g: tax has been deducted from the payments)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin deduct- ‘taken or led away’, from the verb deducere. Deduct and deduce were not distinguished in sense until the mid 17th century