Associations to the word «Subtract»

Wiktionary

SUBTRACT, verb. (transitive) To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number

Dictionary definition

SUBTRACT, verb. Make a subtraction; "subtract this amount from my paycheck".
SUBTRACT, verb. Take off or away; "this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French".

Wise words

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
John Adams