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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You are entitled to a refund of the security deposit or any balance left after deducting legitimate charges, according to Legal Aid of North Carolina.
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Kendrick Marshall, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2025
People receiving a state income tax refund have the amount of their delinquent parking citations deducted from their refund.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Restaurant servers, drivers for ride-hailing services, barbers and other tipped workers making less than $150,000 a year could deduct up to $25,000 in tips from their federal income taxes starting this tax year and through 2028.
—Calmatters, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
The size of the Social Security increase retirees receive will depend on the size of their Medicare Part B premiums, which are typically deducted directly from benefit checks.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
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Kendrick Marshall, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2025
People receiving a state income tax refund have the amount of their delinquent parking citations deducted from their refund.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Restaurant servers, drivers for ride-hailing services, barbers and other tipped workers making less than $150,000 a year could deduct up to $25,000 in tips from their federal income taxes starting this tax year and through 2028.
—Calmatters, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
The size of the Social Security increase retirees receive will depend on the size of their Medicare Part B premiums, which are typically deducted directly from benefit checks.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 14 Oct. 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 26 Oct. 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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