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defalk

defalk verb: to reduce by deducting a part, especially when used in a financial sense.

Verb

defalk (third-person singular simple present defalks, present participle defalking, simple past and past participle defalked)

  1. (archaic) To reduce by deducting a part, especially when used in a financial sense.
  2. (obsolete) To cut off, to deduct, to subtract (especially expenses or a sum of money).

Forms of defalk

third-person singular presentdefalks
present participledefalking
past participledefalked
pastdefalked

Origin of defalk

From Middle French défalquer.

Questions about defalk

What does defalk mean?
Defalk means to reduce by deducting a part, especially when used in a financial sense.
What part of speech is defalk?
Defalk is a verb.
What is the past tense of defalk?
The past tense of defalk is defalked.

Words near defalk in the dictionary

  1. defalcations
  2. defalcator
  3. defalcators
  4. DeFalco
  5. DeFalcos
  6. defalk
  7. defalked
  8. defalking
  9. defalks
  10. defamate
  11. defamated

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