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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For qualifying food, retailers can deduct those receipts from their taxable gross receipts.
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
The order not only stripped workers of union protections but also stopped them from automatically deducting union dues from their paychecks.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
Gross margins represent the profitability after all direct expenses, specifically the cost of goods sold, have been deducted from sales.
—Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
She was ordered to pay Abasolo $500,000 as an equalization payment, though her previous spousal support payments were deducted from that total, bringing it to $460,229.
—Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
The order not only stripped workers of union protections but also stopped them from automatically deducting union dues from their paychecks.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
Gross margins represent the profitability after all direct expenses, specifically the cost of goods sold, have been deducted from sales.
—Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
She was ordered to pay Abasolo $500,000 as an equalization payment, though her previous spousal support payments were deducted from that total, bringing it to $460,229.
—Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 27 Aug. 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 9 Sep. 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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