The number from which the subtrahend is subtracted.

Roget 38: subtraction, subduction^†; deduction, retrenchment; removal, withdrawal; ablation, sublation^†; abstraction etc. (taking) 789; garbling, etc. v.. mutilation, detruncation^†; amputation; abscission, excision, recision; curtailment etc. 201; minuend, subtrahend; decrease etc. 36; abrasion.    ... show more

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