subtractions
Minus sign operations
Subtractions are instances of taking away or removing.
In arithmetic, a subtraction is the operation of finding the difference between two numbers: The worksheet had twenty subtractions to complete.
More broadly, subtractions are things removed from a whole: The budget subtractions will affect every department.
Subtraction's first term
- differenceWay things contrast
- borrowingTemporary taking of another's
- regroupingOrganizing anew after scattering
- takeawayCore message retained
minus · calculation · digit · place value · column · remainder · equation · operation
Removal of content
- omissionFailure to include
- excisionCutting out of tissue
- cutSeverance or reduction
- redactionObscuring sensitive text
removal · erasure · striking · expurgation · abridgment · truncation · elision · censorship
Conclusion from premises
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
- removalAct of taking away
- diminishmentProcess of becoming smaller
- lesseningBecoming reduced in degree
cutback · withdrawal · extraction · elimination · decrement · loss · shrinkage · deficit
Conclusion from premises
- withholdingKeeping from another
- write-offRecorded value reduction
- expenseMoney paid out
- allowanceFixed periodic payment
exemption · credit · adjustment · depreciation · amortization · payroll · tax · itemization
minuend
Subtraction's first term
- differenceWay things contrast
- borrowingTemporary taking of another's
- regroupingOrganizing anew after scattering
takeaway · minus · calculation · digit · place value · column · remainder · equation · operation · mental math
deletion
Removal of content
redaction · removal · erasure · striking · expurgation · abridgment · truncation · elision · censorship · revision
deduction
Conclusion from premises
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
- removalAct of taking away
- diminishmentProcess of becoming smaller
lessening · cutback · withdrawal · extraction · elimination · decrement · loss · shrinkage · deficit · shortfall
deduction
Conclusion from premises
- withholdingKeeping from another
- write-offRecorded value reduction
- expenseMoney paid out
allowance · exemption · credit · adjustment · depreciation · amortization · payroll · tax · itemization · disbursement
subtractionsadditions
Things joined to existing wholes
sums · pluses · increments · augmentations · multiplications
subtractionsadditions
Things joined to existing wholes
accumulations · accretions · inclusions · increases · insertions
- subtraction errorMistake when taking away