What is the meaning of deduct?

Make a subtraction.
- usage: "subtract this amount from my paycheck"
- synonyms: subtract, take off
Retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments.
- usage: "My employer is withholding taxes"
- synonyms: withhold, recoup
Reason by deduction; establish by deduction.
- synonyms: deduce, infer, derive

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