v., -duct·ed, -duct·ing, -ducts.

v.tr.

1. To take away (a quantity) from another; subtract.
2. To derive by deduction; deduce.

v.intr.

To take away a desirable part: Poor plumbing deducts from the value of the house.

[Middle English deducten, from Latin dēdūcere, dēduct-, to lead away or down. See deduce.]

verb

1. To take away (a quantity) from another quantity: abate, discount, rebate, subtract, take (off). Informal knock off. See increase/decrease.
2. To arrive at (a conclusion) from evidence or reasoning: conclude, deduce, draw, gather, infer, judge, understand. See reason/unreason.

v

Definition: take away or out; reduce
Antonyms: add, increase, raise

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IN BRIEF: v. - Reason by deduction; Make a subtraction; Retain and refrain from disbursing.

Please deduct the cost of replacing the broken window from my allowance.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - fradrage, trække fra
v. intr. - fradrage

Nederlands (Dutch)
in mindering brengen

Français (French)
v. tr. - défalquer, retenir sur, prélever sur, soustraire de, déduire de
v. intr. - prélever

Deutsch (German)
v. - abziehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αφαιρώ (ποσό κ.λπ.), εκπίπτω, (παρα)κρατώ, συμπεραίνω, εξάγω

Italiano (Italian)
detrarre

Português (Portuguese)
v. - deduzir

Русский (Russian)
вычесть

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - restar, rebajar, deducir, descontar
v. intr. - restar, rebajar, deducir, descontar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - dra ifrån

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
扣除, 演绎, 被扣除

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 扣除, 演繹
v. intr. - 被扣除

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 공제하다
v. intr. - 혼란되다, 감소되다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 差し引く, 控除する, 演繹する, 減らす, 推論する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يطرح كميه أو جز, يقتطع, يخصم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ניכה, הפחית‬
v. intr. - ‮הפחית‬

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