3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: deducted \deducted\ adj. taken away. Opposite of {added}. Syn: subtracted. [WordNet 1.5] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Deduct \De*duct"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deducted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deducting}.] [L. deductus, p. p. of deducere to deduct. See {Deduce}.] 1. To lead forth or out. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A people deducted out of the city of Philippos. --Udall. [1913 Webster] 2. To take away, separate, or remove, in numbering, estimating, or calculating; to subtract; -- often with from or out of. [1913 Webster] Deduct what is but vanity, or dress. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Two and a half per cent should be deducted out of the pay of the foreign troops. --Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster] We deduct from the computation of our years that part of our time which is spent in . . . infancy. --Norris. [1913 Webster] 3. To reduce; to diminish. [Obs.] "Do not deduct it to days." --Massinger. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: deducted adj : taken off or taken away from a total; "take-home pay is what is left after subtraction of deducted taxes"
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