subtract.
To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number.
Meaning & usage
To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number.
If you subtract the $100 for gas from the total cost, it was a fairly inexpensive trip.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin subtractus, perfect passive participle of subtrahō (“to draw from beneath; withdraw, remove”); from sub (“under”) + trahō (“to draw, pull, drag”).
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