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deductor

deductor noun: one who deducts something, particularly one who deducts tax from wages or deducts certain expenditures from payment of tax.

Noun (1)

deductor (plural deductors)

  1. One who deducts something, particularly one who deducts tax from wages or deducts certain expenditures from payment of tax.

Noun (2)

deductor (plural deductors)

  1. (historical) The formal patron of a Roman colony.
  2. Synonym of pilot whale.
    Synonyms:
    pilot whale

Synonyms of deductor

Forms of deductor

pluraldeductors

Origin of deductor

From deduct + -or under influence from Latin dēductor.

From Latin dēductor (“guide; founder”). See deduce.

Questions about deductor

What does deductor mean?
Deductor means one who deducts something, particularly one who deducts tax from wages or deducts certain expenditures from payment of tax.
What part of speech is deductor?
Deductor is a noun.
What is the plural of deductor?
The plural of deductor is deductors.

Words near deductor in the dictionary

  1. deductivism
  2. deductivist
  3. deductivistic
  4. deductivistically
  5. deductivists
  6. deductor
  7. deductors
  8. deductory
  9. deducts
  10. dedup
  11. dedupe

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