defalk

English

Etymology

From Middle French défalquer.

Verb

defalk (third-person singular simple present defalks, present participle defalking, simple past and past participle defalked)

1. (archaic) To reduce by deducting a part, especially when used in a financial sense.
2. (obsolete) To cut off, to deduct, to subtract (especially expenses or a sum of money).

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “defalk”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• flaked