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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Eligible workers would be able deduct up to $25,000 in tips per return, according to tax experts.
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Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Forbes does not deduct for taxes or agents’ fees.
—Brett Knight, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
For qualifying food, retailers can deduct those receipts from their taxable gross receipts.
—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
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Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Forbes does not deduct for taxes or agents’ fees.
—Brett Knight, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
For qualifying food, retailers can deduct those receipts from their taxable gross receipts.
—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
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 16 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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