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
You are entitled to a refund of the security deposit or any balance left after deducting legitimate charges, according to Legal Aid of North Carolina.
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Kendrick Marshall, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2025
The review added that the ongoing bit about the deducting from a charitable donation for longer speech set a negative tone.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025
Using debt wisely can also offer tax advantages, such as deducting mortgage interest from taxable income.
—Gabriel Shahin, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The order not only stripped workers of union protections but also stopped them from automatically deducting union dues from their paychecks.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
In North Dakota, estimates show that in recent years companies have been deducting hundreds of millions of dollars annually to help cover the costs incurred once oil and gas leave the ground on their way to being sold.
—Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 15 Aug. 2025
Its gross margin — the percentage of sales remaining after deducting the cost of production — was north of 60%.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
Crown wasn't deducting these items.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
China, the world's biggest crude importer, doesn't disclose the volumes of oil flowing into or out of strategic and commercial stockpiles, but an estimate can be made by deducting the amount of crude processed from the total of crude available from imports and domestic output.
—Clyde Russell, Reuters, 21 Oct. 2024
Kendrick Marshall, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2025
The review added that the ongoing bit about the deducting from a charitable donation for longer speech set a negative tone.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025
Using debt wisely can also offer tax advantages, such as deducting mortgage interest from taxable income.
—Gabriel Shahin, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The order not only stripped workers of union protections but also stopped them from automatically deducting union dues from their paychecks.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
In North Dakota, estimates show that in recent years companies have been deducting hundreds of millions of dollars annually to help cover the costs incurred once oil and gas leave the ground on their way to being sold.
—Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 15 Aug. 2025
Its gross margin — the percentage of sales remaining after deducting the cost of production — was north of 60%.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
Crown wasn't deducting these items.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
China, the world's biggest crude importer, doesn't disclose the volumes of oil flowing into or out of strategic and commercial stockpiles, but an estimate can be made by deducting the amount of crude processed from the total of crude available from imports and domestic output.
—Clyde Russell, Reuters, 21 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deducting
subtracting
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To estimate your optimal heart rate zone for exercise, start by subtracting your age from 220 to get your maximum heart rate.—
Cyra-Lea Drummond,
Verywell Health,
24 Oct. 2025
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The leap from knots to links is a relatively small one, but mathematicians can extend the ideas of knot theory to study mind-bending concepts such as higher-dimensional knots, surfaces with knotted edges and difficult-to-imagine objects obtained by subtracting a knot from three-dimensional space.—
Emma R. Hasson,
Scientific American,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Deducting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deducting. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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