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
Its gross margin — the percentage of sales remaining after deducting the cost of production — was north of 60%.
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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
This rule blocks businesses dealing in Schedule I and II substances from deducting normal business expenses.
—Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
How about deducting the legal fees?
—Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 24 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
Net loss for the quarter was $1,552,709, after deducting $46,240 attributed to non-controlling interest.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
Net loss for the nine months was $5,538,238, after deducting $167,039 attributed to non-controlling interest.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
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
This rule blocks businesses dealing in Schedule I and II substances from deducting normal business expenses.
—Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
How about deducting the legal fees?
—Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 24 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
Net loss for the quarter was $1,552,709, after deducting $46,240 attributed to non-controlling interest.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
Net loss for the nine months was $5,538,238, after deducting $167,039 attributed to non-controlling interest.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
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