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1685 J. Hawkins Cocker's Decimal Arithm. i. x. 101 As often as there is found a new Divisor so often must there be found a new Subtrahend.

1714 S. Cunn New Treat. Fractions 39 Then substract the Numerator of the Subtrahend from the common Denominator.

1777 R. Hamilton Introd. Merchandize I. iii. 15 To prove subtraction, add the subtrahend and remainder together; if their sum be equal to the minuend, the accompt is right.

1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches I. 154 Subtracting the due subtrahend.

1901 C. E. White & B. M. Watson Heath's Primary Arithm. 99 Write the subtrahend under the minuend so that units shall come under units.

1963 Brit. Patent 924,164 2/1 In subtraction, the minuend goes to input 4 and the subtrahend to input 5.

2004 K. Clements in R. Zevenbergen et al. Teaching Math. in Primary Schools x. 181 The subtrahend (the amount taken from the starting amount) is not shown.

1724 T. Bruce Arithm. Vulgar & Decimal 14 The Year born in is your Subtractor.

1769 J. Gore Arithm. Fairly Laid Open (ed. 2) iv. 36 The Remainder is the Difference of the Subtractor and the Subtrahend.

1844 P. Leigh Comic Arithm. 24 In this arrangement, the upper line is called the subtrahend, and the lower the subtractor; the difference is called the remainder.

2009 Columbia Encycl. (ed. 6) 46710 If a and b are real numbers..then the number a − b is that number (called the difference) which when added to b (the subtractor) equals a (the subtrahend).