Associations to the word «Deducted»

Wiktionary

DEDUCT, verb. To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller by some amount.

Dictionary definition

DEDUCT, verb. Make a subtraction; "subtract this amount from my paycheck".
DEDUCT, verb. Retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes".
DEDUCT, verb. Reason by deduction; establish by deduction.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky