SUBTRACTION

• (noun) the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)

  "he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks"

  synonyms : deduction

• (noun) an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated

  "the subtraction of three from four leaves one", "four minus three equals one"

  synonyms : minus

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