minus
Made less or reduced by followed by an expression of number or quantity.
Example
“Seven minus two is five.”
Other meanings
Without; deprived of.
“I walked out minus my coat.”
Related words
- ice-minus
- minus sign
- T-minus
Word history
From Latin "minus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “minus” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.