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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats