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.