English-French translations for subtract

• soustraire
  Nous ne pouvions rien y ajouter ou soustraire. We could neither add nor subtract anything.
  Il faut donc soustraire 2.3 milliards d' euros des 5,5 milliards annoncés par M. Prodi pour la reconstruction des Balkans dans les années 2000-2006. We therefore need to subtract EUR 2.3 billion from the 5.5 billion announced by Mr Prodi for the reconstruction of the Balkans from 2000-2006.
• prélever
• retrancher

Definition of subtract

• To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number

Examples

• If you subtract the $100 for gas from the total cost, it was a fairly inexpensive trip.

Related words

• subtraction
• subtracting
• subtractive
• subtractional
• subtraction sum
• suppression subtractive hybridization
• vector subtraction