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subtracting

adjective as in minus

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Your gain is determined by subtracting your tax basis — the price you paid for the home, plus any qualifying improvements — from the net sales proceeds.

It could be both funny and entertaining, and trust me subtracting a few wins is not going to have any effect on the final outcome.

California calculates the amount that seniors like George must fork over by taking their monthly income and subtracting a fixed amount on which they are supposed to survive, called a “maintenance need income level.”

“By subtracting for ease of use and adding for safety, Volvo aims to give users the clearest interface, the most user-friendly operation, and the most reassuring intelligent experience,” he said of the in-car screen.

The tankan, carried out every three months, surveys about 9,000 Japanese companies and measures corporate sentiment by subtracting the number of companies saying business conditions are negative from those saying they are positive.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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