Subtraction
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
"He complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks"
(2) 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"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The process of subtracting a number from another.
- (countable) A calculation involving subtracting.
- The teacher has set us ten subtractions to do by tomorrow.
- The removal of something.
- The subtraction of the wealth from the economy will result in recession.