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TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 詞
扣除 word · TOCFL C1 (est.)
扣除 =
ㄎㄡˋ ㄔㄨˊ · kòuchú
verb — to deduct, to withhold (an amount)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

to dock, to hold back (扣錢)kòu
to take away, to remove (除去)chú
扣除,扣錢的扣,除去的除。
關 · Related
chúqùthe same — to take awayjiǎnto subtract — the bare arithmetic of it