- subtract, deduct, take off - make a subtraction
--1 is one way to calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun deduction5
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
- withhold, deduct, recoup - retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes"
--2 is one way to keep, hold on
Sample sentence:
They deduct the money
- deduce, infer, deduct, derive - reason by deduction; establish by deduction
--3 is one way to reason, reason out, conclude
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun deduction4
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE