deduct   (Sound)

The verb deduct has 3 senses

• subtract, deduct, take off -- (make a subtraction; "subtract this amount from my paycheck")


• withhold, deduct, recoup -- (retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes")


• deduce, infer, deduct, derive -- (reason by deduction; establish by deduction)