as in subtracted
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 deducted
Retirees will run into higher costs for Medicare Part B premiums, which are deducted from Social Security checks.
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Susan Tompor, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Those monthly premium payments are typically deducted directly from Social Security checks, and therefore affect how much of the cost-of-living adjustment beneficiaries may see.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
The cost of Medicare Part B, which covers doctor visits and outpatient services, is deducted automatically from benefits.
—Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 24 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
What Happens Next A higher COLA will also lead to higher Medicare Part B premiums, which are deducted from Social Security, Ryan said.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
She was given a four-year ban, with time deducted for the time served when initially suspended, and will be free to return to the sport in 2028.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
If a customer has no option to disregard or modify the charge, it cannot be deducted from the employee’s income.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
For its entry-level healthcare package, Amazon employees will see $5 per week deducted from their pay; the company also said that, for standard visits, employees will pay a $5 copay.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 18 Sep. 2025
Susan Tompor, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Those monthly premium payments are typically deducted directly from Social Security checks, and therefore affect how much of the cost-of-living adjustment beneficiaries may see.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
The cost of Medicare Part B, which covers doctor visits and outpatient services, is deducted automatically from benefits.
—Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 24 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
What Happens Next A higher COLA will also lead to higher Medicare Part B premiums, which are deducted from Social Security, Ryan said.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
She was given a four-year ban, with time deducted for the time served when initially suspended, and will be free to return to the sport in 2028.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
If a customer has no option to disregard or modify the charge, it cannot be deducted from the employee’s income.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
For its entry-level healthcare package, Amazon employees will see $5 per week deducted from their pay; the company also said that, for standard visits, employees will pay a $5 copay.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deducted
subtracted
Verb
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But in an Akan language, the notion that an object could exist as a bare substrate, stripped of properties—say, the idea of a stone, with its weight, texture, and color subtracted—is basically unintelligible; the metaphysical split between a thing and its properties isn’t naturally expressible.—
Lula Konner,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Oct. 2025
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Typically, the report is released on the first Friday of the month and includes information about how many jobs were added or subtracted from each industry.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
3 Oct. 2025
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