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Decocting
- verb - be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup"
- extract the essence of something by boiling it
- steep in hot water
Decoction
- noun - (pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling
Decontrol
- verb - relax or remove controls of; "decontrol marijuana"
Decretist
- - One who studies, or professes the knowledge of, the decretals.
Decretive
- - Having the force of a decree; determining.
Decretory
- - Established by a decree; definitive; settled.
Deducting
- verb - make a subtraction; "subtract this amount from my paycheck"
- reason by deduction; establish by deduction
- retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes"
Deduction
- 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
- reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
- something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"
- the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
- the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole); "he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks"