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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An Associated Press investigation in 2010 found that some students were being forced to dance at strip clubs, while others were being paid less than $1 an hour after labor brokers deducted fees.
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Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
The new law allows workers to deduct up to $25,000 in tips and up to $25,000 in overtime from their taxes.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Jan. 2026
This would include improvements to training programmes, public information campaigns to raise awareness of reckless driving, and tougher enforcement, including deducting points for more driving offences.
—Will Barker, TheWeek, 6 Jan. 2026
With a home equity loan, owners may be eligible to deduct the interest paid on the loan for the years in which it was used, as long as it was used for eligible home repairs and renovation projects.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
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Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
The new law allows workers to deduct up to $25,000 in tips and up to $25,000 in overtime from their taxes.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Jan. 2026
This would include improvements to training programmes, public information campaigns to raise awareness of reckless driving, and tougher enforcement, including deducting points for more driving offences.
—Will Barker, TheWeek, 6 Jan. 2026
With a home equity loan, owners may be eligible to deduct the interest paid on the loan for the years in which it was used, as long as it was used for eligible home repairs and renovation projects.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
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“Deduct.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deduct. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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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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