Deduct vs Retrench - What's the difference?
deduct | retrench |
To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller by some amount.
To cut down or reduce.
* Denham
To abridge; to curtail.
* Milton
To confine; to limit; to restrict.
* I. Taylor
To furnish with a retrenchment (defensive work within a fortification).
To take up a new defensive position.
*2012 , The Economist,
To dig or redig a trench where one already was.
As verbs the difference between deduct and retrench
is that deduct is to take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller by some amount while retrench is to cut down or reduce or retrench can be to dig or redig a trench where one already was.deduct
English
Verb
(en verb)- I will deduct the cost of the can of peas from the money I owe you.
Anagrams
*retrench
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) retrenchier, (etyl) retrancher; see (etyl) , and English trench.Verb
(es)- Thy exuberant parts retrench .
- But this thy glory shall be soon retrenched .
- (Addison)
- These figures, ought they then to receive a retrenched interpretation?
- to retrench bastions
- We must retrench and try to hold on long enough for products in development to reach the market or we will be out of business.
Private Equity: Keep Calm and Carry On
- International firms could decide it is not cost-effective to keep open their other European offices and retrench to London.
