reduct

transitive verb

re·​duct

rə̇ˈdəkt

-ed/-ing/-s

1

: reduce

2

dialectal : deduct

you can reduct it from my wages

—A. E. Coppard

Word History

Etymology

Latin reductus, past participle of reducere

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