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

1. transitive verb. To lead forth or out.
2. transitive verb. To take away, separate, or remove, in numbering, estimating, or calculating; to subtract; -- often with from or out of.
3. transitive verb. To reduce; to diminish.
4. verb. reason by deduction; establish by deduction

   Synonyms: deduce, derive, infer

5. verb. make a subtraction

   "subtract this amount from my paycheck"

   Synonyms: subtract

6. verb. retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments

   "My employer is withholding taxes"

   Synonyms: recoup, withhold

Synonyms

deduce, derive, infer, subtract, recoup, withhold

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in deduct:

ducted

Common word forms

deducts, deducted, deducting

Words from these letters

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