less
- (noun): A smaller amount or quantity.
- (verb): To make less; to lessen.
- (adverb): To a smaller extent or degree.
- (preposition): Minus; not including
- I have less to do today than yesterday.
- I like him less each time I see him.
- It should then tax all of that as personal income, less the proportion of the car's annual mileage demonstrably clocked up on company business.