deduct
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 6
/dɪˈdʌkt/(UK)
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/dɪˈdʌkt/(UK) · /dɪˈdʊkt/(UK)
Definition of deduct
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller or less by some amount.
“I will deduct the cost of the can of peas from the money I owe you.”
“The player was deducted a point for violent conduct.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin deductus, perfect passive participle of verb deducere (“lead from”).
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