as in subtracting
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 deducting
Kean is counting on voters rewarding him for tax cuts that Trump signed into law last year, including easing the restrictions on deducting state and local taxes, or SALT, a big issue for upper middle-class homeowners in high-tax blue states like New Jersey.
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 26 May 2026
Stop adding to the system and start deducting from it.
—Aaron Levine, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
What will the license plates fund After deducting administrative fees, proceeds from the Disney plates would go toward services provided by hospitals and clinics that are not covered by insurance or a patient.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 6 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
That’s a result of language in the GOP law that increased the standard deduction, added a $6,000 rebate for qualifying seniors, boosted the child tax deduction, and set new rules for deducting tips, overtime, and car loan payments.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 30 Apr. 2026
That’s because the federal tax code, in section 280E, dictates that companies working with Schedule I or Schedule II substances are prohibited from deducting many standard business expenses.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
Gross margin, the percentage of revenue remaining after deducting the cost of production, was 41% in the quarter on an adjusted basis.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
Steube, whose southwest Florida constituents could benefit from the provision deducting personal casualty losses, has vowed to push the law forward.
—ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 26 May 2026
Stop adding to the system and start deducting from it.
—Aaron Levine, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
What will the license plates fund After deducting administrative fees, proceeds from the Disney plates would go toward services provided by hospitals and clinics that are not covered by insurance or a patient.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 6 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
That’s a result of language in the GOP law that increased the standard deduction, added a $6,000 rebate for qualifying seniors, boosted the child tax deduction, and set new rules for deducting tips, overtime, and car loan payments.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 30 Apr. 2026
That’s because the federal tax code, in section 280E, dictates that companies working with Schedule I or Schedule II substances are prohibited from deducting many standard business expenses.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
Gross margin, the percentage of revenue remaining after deducting the cost of production, was 41% in the quarter on an adjusted basis.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
Steube, whose southwest Florida constituents could benefit from the provision deducting personal casualty losses, has vowed to push the law forward.
—ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deducting
subtracting
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What did help ease respondent's minds, based on the survey results, was having a higher net worth, found by subtracting a household's liabilities from its assets.—
Kamaron McNair,
CNBC,
30 May 2026
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This measures the degree by which tuition, donations and investment revenue cover a college’s educational expenses by subtracting its core expenses from its core revenues and dividing the difference by its core revenues.—
Matt Schifrin,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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“Deducting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deducting. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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