minus
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- noun
- /ˈmaɪnəs/
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resta
- Net worth is your assets minus your liabilities equals your net worth.
- minus sign
- plus and minus
- use plus and minus
So you get XY minus Y equals just two.
- So you get XY minus Y equals just two.
- Net worth assets minus debts equals net worth.
- I now now have a four twelfths minus a three twelfths.
- Basically, your mistakes minus my mistakes is the edge, right?
- It's not simply the bigger number minus the smaller number that's wrong.
Examples
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What's the minus of 30 and 20?
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It's just price minus cost of goods sold.
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T times the amount that I sell, minus my input costs.
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Net worth assets minus debts equals net worth.
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It's not simply the bigger number minus the smaller number that's wrong.
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To find the profit, calculate the total sales minus the expenses.
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In mathematics, four minus two equals two.
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The final score was the team's points minus the penalties they incurred.
Synonyms
30
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A math or computer action such as addition
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Taking one number away from another to find the difference
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A calculation with numbers like adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing
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A calculation in math like adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing numbers
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A heavy, short-lived tiny part of matter like an electron but much heavier
- Specialized
A bacterium that causes rat-bite fever in people after a bite from a rat or mouse
Surface Forms
Etymology
Minus comes from the Latin minus, meaning 'less', and it became the word we use for subtraction. So in 'five minus two' you are 'taking away' and making the number smaller.