deduct

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UK/dɪˈdʌkt/UK/dɪˈdʊkt/

verb

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

“The player was deducted a point for violent conduct.”

Similar
subtracttake offwithholdrecoupdeduceinferderive
OriginLatin deductus →
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Meanings

verbdeduct (third-person singular simple present deducts, present participle deducting, simple past and past participle deducted)

present singular third person deducts · participle present deducting · participle past deducted · past deducted

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

    The player was deducted a point for violent conduct.

    1 more example

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

Synonyms & antonyms

verbmake a subtraction

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subtracttake off
Broader
calculateciphercypher

verbretain and refrain from disbursing; of payments

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withholdrecoup
Broader
keephold on

verbreason by deduction; establish by deduction

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deduceinferderive
Broader
reasonreason outconclude
Also see
deducederiveinferknock offrecoupremovesubtracttaketake offwithhold

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latindeductus
  2. Englishdeduct

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

More words from Latin

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Translations

Bulgarian изваждам, намалявам
  • изваждам (izvaždam)to take one thing from another
  • намалявам (namaljavam)to take one thing from another
  • удържам (udăržam)to take one thing from another
Chinese Mandarin 扣除
  • 扣除 (kòuchú)to take one thing from another
Finnish vähentää
  • vähentääto take one thing from another
French décompter, déduire
  • décompterto take one thing from another
  • déduireto take one thing from another
German abziehen
  • abziehento take one thing from another
Hungarian levon, leír
  • levonto take one thing from another
  • leírto take one thing from another
Italian defalcare, detrarre
  • defalcareto take one thing from another
  • detrarreto take one thing from another
Japanese 差し引く, 引く
  • 差し引く (sashihiku)to take one thing from another
  • 引く (hiku)to take one thing from another
Latin dēdūcō
  • dēdūcōto take one thing from another
Russian вычита́ть, вы́честь
  • вычита́ть (vyčitátʹ)to take one thing from another
  • вы́честь (výčestʹ)to take one thing from another
  • уде́рживать (udérživatʹ)to take one thing from another
  • удержа́ть (uderžátʹ)to take one thing from another
Swedish dra av
  • dra avto take one thing from another
Tagalog awasin
  • awasinto take one thing from another

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with deduct

conductconstructductinstructobstructpluckeddestructadductabductinducttruckedshuckedreductDonald Duckedextructpreconstructsubducttraductunconstruct
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Anagrams

ducted
Cite this entry
APA

deduct. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deduct

MLA

“deduct.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deduct. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deduct,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deduct.

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