minuend

The quantity from which another quantity, the subtrahend, is to be subtracted. In the equation 50 − 16 = 34, the minuend is 50.

In arithmetic, the number from which another number is to be deducted in the process of subtraction.

In the process of subtraction{2}, the number from which another number (the subtrahend) is to be subtracted, to find the difference.

A number or quantity from which another is to be subtracted.

the number from which the subtrahend is subtracted