SUBTRACTION

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act or operation of subtracting or taking away a part.

2.
n.

The taking of a lesser number or quantity from a greater of the same kind or denomination; an operation for finding the difference between two numbers or quantities.

3.
n.

The withdrawing or withholding from a person of some right to which he is entitled by law.