v., -tract·ed, -tract·ing, -tracts. v.tr.
To take away; deduct.
v.intr.
To perform the arithmetic operation of subtraction.
[Latin subtrahere, subtract- : sub-, sub- + trahere, to draw.]
subtracter sub·tract'er n.
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