deduct
verb
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Synonyms & Antonyms for deduct
Synonyms
abate, knock off, subtract, take off
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Broadcom’s gross margin, or percentage of sales remaining after deducting the cost of production, was 67% in its most recent quarter. — Bloomberg, latimes.com, "Broadcom agrees to buy CA Technologies for $18.9 billion," 12 July 2018 That's because a loan fee of around 4.25 percent is charged and deducted from the PLUS loan amount when it is first disbursed. — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, "Students aren't the only ones crushed by school debt," 11 July 2018 The federal legislation would give all state and local government employees protections similar to those that private-sector workers enjoy, including the right to voluntarily have union dues deducted from their paychecks. — Danielle Douglas-gabriel, Washington Post, "After Supreme Court ruling, congressional Democrats mobilize to fight for unions," 28 June 2018 When you’re hired, your employer gives you a Form W-4, also known as a withholding allowance certificate, which tells the employer how much tax to deduct from your paycheck. — Ann Carrns, New York Times, "The Virtues of a Summer Job," 13 July 2018 Source: Morningstar The next step is to deduct from that $80,000 estimated Social Security and pension benefits. — Anne Tergesen, WSJ, "Behind on Retirement Savings? It’s Not Too Late to Catch Up," 12 July 2018 The daughters, now 18 and 15, will get about $125,000 each after fees and other costs are deducted from the settlement. — Wendy Culverwell, The Seattle Times, "Daughters of man killed by Pasco police to split $500K in settlement," 28 May 2018 Stryker: Auto-enrollment for new hires New hires at the global medical technology company will see 3% of before-tax pay automatically deducted from paychecks — and then deductions increase by 1% each year until the 15% mark is reached. — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, "Job hunters need to ask potential employers about this job perk," 16 May 2018 The state auditor says Ohio’s then-largest online charter school inflated the amount of time students spent learning by failing to deduct the time students were inactive online. — Julie Carr Smyth, Cincinnati.com, "Audit: Ohio e-school inflated time students spent learning," 10 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'deduct.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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deduct
verb
English Language Learners Definition of deduct
: to take away (something, especially an amount of money) from a total
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deduct
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Kids Definition of deduct
: to take away an amount of something : subtract
deduct
transitive verbLegal Definition of deduct
: to take away (an amount) from a total specifically : to take as a deduction must be capitalized…rather than immediately deducted — D. Q. Posin
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