as in to subtract
to take away (an amount or number) from a total
after deducting taxes, what's left is your net pay for the week
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Recent Examples of deduct
Under the federal tax cut, workers can deduct up to $25,000 in tips and $12,500 in overtime pay from their taxable income on federal tax returns.
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Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Lautz said that people may not understand that the qualifying amounts are deducted from income, not taxes themselves.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2025
But so long as the E-ZPass account had sufficient funds, a charge involving a plate associated with their account would be deducted.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2025
Courts in Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma also have placed limits on what costs can be deducted from royalty payments.
—Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 15 Aug. 2025
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Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Lautz said that people may not understand that the qualifying amounts are deducted from income, not taxes themselves.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2025
But so long as the E-ZPass account had sufficient funds, a charge involving a plate associated with their account would be deducted.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2025
Courts in Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma also have placed limits on what costs can be deducted from royalty payments.
—Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deduct
subtract
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If the owner never comes forward, companies are required to turn over the proceeds to the state after subtracting their fees.—
Dave Altimari,
ProPublica,
9 Sep. 2025
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The business survey provides data on pay, hours worked and the number of jobs the US economy added or subtracted.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Deduct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deduct. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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