deduct
/dɪˈdʌkt/verb
उच्चारण डिडक्ट
काटना, घटाना
Core word
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[T, often passive] ~ sth (from sth)
to take away money, points or another amount from a total
काटना, घटाना
- Tax is deducted from your salary every month.
- One mark will be deducted for every wrong answer.
- The shop will deduct ten per cent if you pay in cash.
+ 2 more examples
- The company deducted the cost of the damaged goods from his pay.
- Marks are deducted for untidy handwriting.
Synonyms subtract take away dock withhold knock off
Opposite add
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
deduct + sth + from + sth
Deduct takes the amount first, then from the total.
'Deduct' में पहले राशि आती है, फिर 'from' के साथ कुल राशि।
- The bank deducted a fee from my account.
- Examiners deduct marks for spelling mistakes.
be deducted (passive)
The passive is very common when the doer is the company or the system.
जब करने वाला संस्था या व्यवस्था हो, तब passive रूप बहुत प्रचलित है।
- Tax is deducted at source.
- Ten marks will be deducted for late submission.
deduct + sth + before / after
Use before or after to give the stage at which the amount is taken off.
राशि किस चरण पर काटी जाएगी, यह बताने के लिए before या after प्रयुक्त होते हैं।
- Rent is deducted before the salary reaches you.
deduct that-clause (formal, rare)
In formal writing, deduct is sometimes confused with deduce; the meaning 'conclude' belongs to deduce.
औपचारिक लेखन में 'deduct' और 'deduce' में भ्रम होता है; 'निष्कर्ष निकालना' अर्थ 'deduce' का है।
- From the clues, the inspector deduced that the thief was local.
+Collocations 4
deduct + noun
taxmarkspointsfeesexpenses
- The company deducts income tax every month.
deduct + from
salarybilltotalscorebalance
- Five points were deducted from the team's score.
adverb + deducted
automaticallydirectlymonthlywronglyfully
- The premium is automatically deducted from your account.
deduct + for
latenessabsencedamageerrorscheating
- The teacher deducts marks for untidy work.
“More examples 5
- The shopkeeper deducted ten per cent for cash payment.
दुकानदार ने नकद भुगतान पर दस प्रतिशत की कटौती की।
- The exam board does not deduct marks for wrong answers in this paper.
परीक्षा मंडल इस प्रश्नपत्र में गलत उत्तरों पर अंक नहीं काटता।
- Radhika's school fee was deducted from her father's salary.
राधिका के विद्यालय की फ़ीस उसके पिता के वेतन से काटी गई।
- After deducting expenses, he had only a thousand rupees left.
ख़र्च घटाने के बाद उसके पास केवल हज़ार रुपये बचे।
- Two points were deducted from the team for a slow over rate.
धीमी ओवर-गति के कारण टीम के दो अंक काट लिए गए।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ The bank deducted two hundred rupees of my account.
✓ The bank deducted two hundred rupees from my account.
Deduct is followed by from, not of.
'Deduct' के बाद 'from' आता है, 'of' नहीं।
✗ The inspector deducted that the thief was local.
✓ The inspector deduced that the thief was local.
Deduct means to subtract; deduce means to reach a conclusion.
'Deduct' का अर्थ घटाना है; 'deduce' का अर्थ निष्कर्ष निकालना है।
✗ Marks will be deduct for late answers.
✓ Marks will be deducted for late answers.
A passive needs be + past participle.
Passive में be + past participle चाहिए।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These verbs all take something away, but in different settings.
ये क्रियाएँ कुछ घटाने के अर्थ में हैं, पर प्रयोग के संदर्भ अलग हैं।
To take an amount off a total, usually money or marks.
कुल में से कोई राशि घटाना, प्रायः धन या अंक।
- Tax is deducted from pay.
To take one number away from another in arithmetic.
गणित में एक संख्या में से दूसरी घटाना।
- Subtract seven from twenty.
To reach a conclusion from facts; not about taking away.
तथ्यों से निष्कर्ष निकालना; इसमें घटाना नहीं होता।
- She deduced the answer from the clues.
◇Word family
?Which word?
Do not confuse deduct (to take away an amount) and deduce (to reach a conclusion by reasoning).
Deduct (कोई राशि काटना) और deduce (तर्क से निष्कर्ष निकालना) को आपस में confuse मत कीजिए।
§Grammar and usage
Usage: both verbs share the noun deduction, which can mean either an amount taken away or a conclusion reached by reasoning.
Usage में दोनों verbs का noun deduction ही है, जिसका अर्थ काटी गई राशि भी हो सकता है और तर्क से निकाला गया निष्कर्ष भी।
Deduct something from something.
Deduct something from something सही है।