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deduct

verb
🔊/dɪˈdʌkt/
🔊/dɪˈdʌkt/
[often passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they deduct
🔊/dɪˈdʌkt/
🔊/dɪˈdʌkt/
he / she / it deducts
🔊/dɪˈdʌkts/
🔊/dɪˈdʌkts/
past simple deducted
🔊/dɪˈdʌktɪd/
🔊/dɪˈdʌktɪd/
past participle deducted
🔊/dɪˈdʌktɪd/
🔊/dɪˈdʌktɪd/
-ing form deducting
🔊/dɪˈdʌktɪŋ/
🔊/dɪˈdʌktɪŋ/
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  1. to take away money, points, etc. from a total amount（从总量中）扣除，减去 synonym subtract
    • be deducted Ten points will be deducted for a wrong answer.答错一题扣十分。🔊🔊
    • Tax is deducted at source.从一开始就已扣除了税款。
    • be deducted from something The cost of your uniform will be deducted from your wages.制服费将从你的工资中扣除。🔊🔊
    • This amount will be automatically deducted from your salary.这一金额将从你的工资中自动扣除。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • at source
    • automatically
    preposition
    • from
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin deduct- ‘taken or led away’, from the verb deducere, from de- ‘down’ + ducere ‘lead’. Deduct and deduce were not distinguished in sense until the mid 17th cent.