deducted; deducting; deducts
Examples of deduct in a Sentence
You can deduct up to $500 for money given to charity.
after deducting taxes, what's left is your net pay for the week
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This fee is deducted from your loan balance before the funds are disbursed.
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Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
Taxpayers cannot deduct mileage for their regular moving expenses under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
—Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
Again, while certain expenses can be deducted immediately, others must be deducted gradually over time.
—Prasanna Kumar, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
All workers pay at least 2.9% in Medicare taxes on their wages, an amount usually deducted automatically from their paychecks.
—Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 18 Dec. 2024
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Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
Taxpayers cannot deduct mileage for their regular moving expenses under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
—Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
Again, while certain expenses can be deducted immediately, others must be deducted gradually over time.
—Prasanna Kumar, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
All workers pay at least 2.9% in Medicare taxes on their wages, an amount usually deducted automatically from their paychecks.
—Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 18 Dec. 2024
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deduct
transitive verb
de·duct
: to take away (an amount) from a total
specifically
: to take as a deduction
must be capitalized…rather than immediately deducted —D. Q. Posin
compare amortize
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