deduct

verb

de·​duct di-ˈdəkt 

dē-

deducted; deducting; deducts

transitive verb

1

: to take away (an amount) from a total : subtract

2

: deduce, infer

Synonyms

• subtract

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Cost is $66,000 per year, after deducting her $10,000 scholarship. —Mary Clements Evans, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025

But so long as the E-ZPass account had sufficient funds, a charge involving a plate associated with their account would be deducted. —Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2025

The city will only net $1.1 million after deducting costs associated with servicing the project’s residents. —Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025

Hess had been deducting between 15% and 36% of their royalty income each month since 2015, according to a spreadsheet maintained by Arnson. —Sarahbeth Maney, ProPublica, 13 Aug. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Latin deductus, past participle of deducere

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for deduct

• abduct
• conduct
• construct
• destruct
• induct
• instruct
• obstruct
• aqueduct
• deconstruct
• reconstruct
• bucked
• chucked

Kids Definition

deduct

verb

de·​duct di-ˈdəkt 

: to take away (an amount) from a total : subtract

deductible

-ˈdək-tə-bəl

adjective

Legal Definition

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