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Subtraction Word Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is MINUS which was last seen in the New York Times Mini crossword.
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99%5Exact Match!
adjective

• on the negative side or lower end of a scale

noun

• an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated

adjective satellite

• involving disadvantage or harm

98%4Exact Match!
adjective

• (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree

adverb

• used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs, indicates that the adjective or adverb is less of something

• comparative of little

adjective satellite

• (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality

• (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer

29%9 Putting two and two together - that's subtraction
noun

• a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket

• an amount or percentage deducted

• something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)

• reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

• the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)

• the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise

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Source #Number Answer
New York Times Mini27 Nov 2023 Across 4
New York Times16 Apr 1990 Down 51
New York Times17 Mar 1989 Down 7
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