Dictionary Entry
deduct
deduct is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To lead forth or out. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To lead forth or out.
- 2transitive verb
To take away, separate, or remove, in numbering, estimating, or calculating; to subtract; -- often with from or out of.
- 3transitive verb
To reduce; to diminish.
- 4verb
reason by deduction; establish by deduction
- 5verb
make a subtraction
"subtract this amount from my paycheck"
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- 6verb
retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments
"My employer is withholding taxes"
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