reduced by a stated number

What is 57 minus 39? 57减39是多少？

That will be $1,500, minus the deposit of $150 that you already paid. 一共是1500美元，再减去你已付的150美元的定金。

Compare: plus preposition

without, or lacking

We're minus a chair for Elsa - could you get one from the other room? 我们没有椅子给伊尔莎坐了——你能从另一个房间拿一把过来吗？

a disadvantage or a bad feature

Having to travel such a long way to work is a definite minus. 上班的路程这么远无疑是一个不利之处。

the (-) sign, written between two numbers to show that the second number should be taken away from the first, or in front of one number to show that it has a value of less than 0

A minus number or amount is less than zero.

See also: negative adjective (BELOW ZERO)

used to show that temperatures are less than zero

Temperatures could fall to minus eight tonight. 今晚气温会降到零下8度。

used after a mark given to written work to mean that it is of a slightly lower standard than that mark

I got A minus for my English homework. 我的英语作业得了 A-。

used to describe a disadvantage or bad point

One of the minus points of working at home is not having social contact with colleagues. 在家工作的一个不利之处是缺乏和同事的交往。