Sottratti

Sottratti is the plural form of sottratto and is used in Italian to refer to subtraction operations or the results of subtracting. The verb sottrarre means to subtract; its forms include sottraggo, sottrai, sottrae, sottraiamo, sottraete, sottraggono, with past participle sottratto. The plural sottratti is used when speaking of several subtraction events or several subtracted quantities.

In mathematics, subtraction is the operation of taking away a quantity from another, yielding a difference. The standard noun is sottrazione, while "sottratti" is less common and typically appears when describing multiple instances or when the noun is used in a compound sense (for example, "i sottratti tra i due numeri"). A simple example: 9 - 4 = 5.

In accounting and taxation, sottratti can refer to deductions from gross income or from a tax base, such as allowances or standard deductions that reduce the amount subject to tax or reportable income.

Etymology: from Latin subtrahere, from sub- "under" + trahere "to pull" or "to draw away". The sense of removing one quantity from another is reflected in the Italian usage.