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
The order not only stripped workers of union protections but also stopped them from automatically deducting union dues from their paychecks.
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Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
Instead of business owners deducting state income tax on their individual return (where it’s capped), the entity pays the tax directly.
—Robert Green, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 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
Nvidia also issued strong guidance based on expectations AI spending will stay high, but its gross margin forecast, or the percent of revenue remaining after deducting the cost of production, disappointed.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
The changes highlight specific penalties such as deducting 25 to 50 manufacturer points, removing between 30 to 60 wind-tunnel testing hours, limiting 250 to 500 Restricted Computational Fluid Dynamics test runs, and cutting back on vehicle tests.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 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
Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
Instead of business owners deducting state income tax on their individual return (where it’s capped), the entity pays the tax directly.
—Robert Green, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 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
Nvidia also issued strong guidance based on expectations AI spending will stay high, but its gross margin forecast, or the percent of revenue remaining after deducting the cost of production, disappointed.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
The changes highlight specific penalties such as deducting 25 to 50 manufacturer points, removing between 30 to 60 wind-tunnel testing hours, limiting 250 to 500 Restricted Computational Fluid Dynamics test runs, and cutting back on vehicle tests.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 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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Shares are priced at less than the figure arrived at when subtracting the company’s total liabilities from its total assets.—
John Navin,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Boston may not be completely done subtracting pieces, either.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Deducting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deducting. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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