subtrahend Math.
(ˈsʌbtrəhɛnd)
[ad. L. subtrahendus (sc. numerus number), gerundive of subtrahĕre to subtract.]
The quantity or number to be subtracted.
| 1674 S. Jeake Arith. (1696) 18 The number to be substracted..called the Subtrahend. 1714 S. Cunn Treat. Fractions 39 Then substract the Numerator of the Subtrahend from the common Denominator. 1826 in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) I. 428/1 The next digit in the subtrahend is greater than the one corresponding to it in the minuend. |
b. transf. A sum of money to be deducted.
| 1845 Carlyle Cromwell (1871) I. 98 Subtracting the due subtrahend. 1858 ― Fredk. Gt. ix. x, Here is the Princess's account; with the subtrahend, twenty-five or seventy-five per cent, not deducted. 1911 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 138 Her wages..are liable to a serious subtrahend for the loss..caused by leaving her house..in the hands of another. |