noun
1. the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
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he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks
• Syn: ↑deduction
• Ant: ↑addition
• Hypernyms: ↑decrease, ↑diminution, ↑reduction, ↑step-down
• Hyponyms: ↑bite, ↑withholding
2. an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated
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the subtraction of three from four leaves one
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four minus three equals one
• Syn: ↑minus
• Derivationally related forms: ↑subtract
• Hypernyms: ↑arithmetic operation
Useful english dictionary. 2012.