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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Fortunately, there are often ways to deduct legal fees even under the new law.
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Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Put another way, in this view, well-off people who choose to live in profligate spending states shouldn’t get to deduct state and local taxes on their federal returns, saving large amounts of money ahead of each April 15.
—David Mark, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025
If passengers later win compensation in a lawsuit, the initial payment will be deducted from the sum of the compensation.
—Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
McClung and Castle traded aerial masterpieces, but Castle was deducted 0.4 points for taking several attempts to complete a twisting between the legs dunk after grabbing the ball falling through the hoop.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2025
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Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Put another way, in this view, well-off people who choose to live in profligate spending states shouldn’t get to deduct state and local taxes on their federal returns, saving large amounts of money ahead of each April 15.
—David Mark, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025
If passengers later win compensation in a lawsuit, the initial payment will be deducted from the sum of the compensation.
—Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
McClung and Castle traded aerial masterpieces, but Castle was deducted 0.4 points for taking several attempts to complete a twisting between the legs dunk after grabbing the ball falling through the hoop.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for deduct
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“Deduct.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deduct. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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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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