Minuend

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  minuend \min"u*end\, n. [L. minuendus to be diminished, fr.
     minuere to lessen, diminish. See {Minish}.] (Arith.)
     In the process of subtraction[2], the number from which
     another number (the subtrahend) is to be subtracted, to find
     the difference.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  minuend
       n : the number from which the subtrahend is subtracted