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subtraction

/səb'trækʃən/

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noun
the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
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"he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks"

Similar:

deduction

Opposite:

addition

type of:
decrease diminution reduction step-down
noun
an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated
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"the subtraction of three from four leaves one"

Similar:

minus

type of:
arithmetic operation

Examples of subtraction

"he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks"
"the subtraction of three from four leaves one"