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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Transportation in company buses is also deducted from some workers’ salaries, along with the cost of lunch from company canteens.
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Martha Mendoza, Mahesh Kumar and Piyush Nagpal, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2024
The estimate also deducts two major expenses: at least $28 million in repair costs and at least $19.5 million in salvage costs.
—Lea Skene, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
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Martha Mendoza, Mahesh Kumar and Piyush Nagpal, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2024
The estimate also deducts two major expenses: at least $28 million in repair costs and at least $19.5 million in salvage costs.
—Lea Skene, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
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“Deduct.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deduct. Accessed 4 May. 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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