rare. Obs. [ad. L. subtractus, pa. pple. of subtrahĕre to SUBTRACT.]
1. ? A remainder.
a. 1635. Naunton, Fragm. Regalia (1641), 27. Sir Iohn Perrot was a goodly Gentleman … and he was of a very ancient discent, as an heire to many Subtracts [other ed. of 1641 abstracts] of Gentry.
2. A subtrahend.
1690. Leybourn, Curs. Math., 341. If he be carefull to make his Canon right, the Letters themselves will direct him how to frame his Divisors and Subtracts.
