deduct
verb/dɪˈdʌkt/
/dɪˈdʌkt/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they deduct | /dɪˈdʌkt/ /dɪˈdʌkt/ |
| he / she / it deducts | /dɪˈdʌkts/ /dɪˈdʌkts/ |
| past simple deducted | /dɪˈdʌktɪd/ /dɪˈdʌktɪd/ |
| past participle deducted | /dɪˈdʌktɪd/ /dɪˈdʌktɪd/ |
| -ing form deducting | /dɪˈdʌktɪŋ/ /dɪˈdʌktɪŋ/ |
- to take away money, points, etc. from a total amount synonym subtract
- be deducted Ten points will be deducted for a wrong answer.
- Tax is deducted at source.
- be deducted from something The cost of your uniform will be deducted from your wages.
- This amount will be automatically deducted from your salary.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- at source
- automatically
- from
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin deduct- ‘taken or led away’, from the verb deducere, from de- ‘down’ + ducere ‘lead’. Deduct and deduce were not distinguished in sense until the mid 17th cent.Definitions on the go
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