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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Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
The president, who turns 80 on June 14, was speaking to business leaders in the White House's East Room about new legislation that would allow businesses to deduct the cost of new facilities from their taxes.
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Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
The president, who turns 80 on June 14, was speaking to business leaders in the White House's East Room about new legislation that would allow businesses to deduct the cost of new facilities from their taxes.
—Adam England, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
SurveyRewards reserves the right to deduct or cancel your pending rewards at any time at the site’s sole discretion.
—Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2026
The remaining settlement fund after deducting those costs and expenses will then be split among recipients based on their individual amounts, according to the settlement website.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 3 May 2026
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 12 May. 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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