Subtract Definition

səb-trăkt

subtracted, subtracting, subtracts

verb

subtracted, subtracting, subtracts

To take away (a part from a whole)

Webster's New World

To perform the arithmetic operation of subtraction.

American Heritage

To take away or deduct (one number or quantity from another)

Webster's New World

To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number.

If you subtract the $100 for gas and bridge toll, it was a fairly inexpensive trip.

Wiktionary

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Origin of Subtract

From Latin subtractus, perfect passive participle of subtrahō (“I draw from beneath; withdraw, remove"); from sub (“under") + trahō (“I draw, pull, drag").

From Wiktionary
Latin subtrahere subtract- sub- sub- trahere to draw

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition