deduct

• Verb, das die Handlung des Abziehens oder Entziehens eines Betrags oder eines Teils von einer Gesamtsumme bezeichnet, oft im finanziellen oder logischen Zusammenhang.

A verb used to indicate the act of subtracting or taking away an amount or part from a total, often in financial or logical contexts.

1. Subtract or take awayB1formal

   To subtract an amount from a total, especially in financial or mathematical contexts.

   Abziehen

   • The company will deduct taxes from your salary.
   • You can deduct business expenses from your taxable income.
   • The cashier deducted the discount from the final price.

   Synonymedebitdockreduceremovesubtracttake awaywithhold

   Antonymeaddinclude

2. Reason logicallyB2formal

   To reach a conclusion based on reasoning or evidence.

   Schlussfolgerung ziehen

   • From the evidence, we can deduct that the suspect was present.
   • The detective deducted the motive from the clues.
   • She deducted the answer by analyzing the data.

   Synonymeconcludededucederivegatherinferreason