The subtrahend.
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The minuend
The answer to a subtraction problem is called the difference. It is called this, because when you are subtracting you are finding the difference between one number and another.
In a subtraction sum, such as 8 - 3 = 5, the first number is called the minuend, and the second number is the subtrahend.
minus
In subtraction, the minuend minus the subtrahend equals the difference.