deducted; deducting; deducts
Examples of deduct in a Sentence
You can deduct up to $500 for money given to charity.
after deducting taxes, what's left is your net pay for the week
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This incentive allows mobile home park owners to accelerate the depreciation of assets with depreciable lives of less than 20 years, enabling them to deduct a substantial portion of the property's cost in the year the investment is made.
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Brian Spear, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
For those who already receive Social Security benefits, the new 2025 Part B premium is usually automatically deducted from Social Security checks in January.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2024
People who donate to charities like these can deduct their gift on their annual taxes.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2024
Given the runup in home prices since 2013, most sellers should have enough equity to cover replacement costs by deducting those from the sales price.
—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Brian Spear, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
For those who already receive Social Security benefits, the new 2025 Part B premium is usually automatically deducted from Social Security checks in January.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2024
People who donate to charities like these can deduct their gift on their annual taxes.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2024
Given the runup in home prices since 2013, most sellers should have enough equity to cover replacement costs by deducting those from the sales price.
—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for deduct
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“Deduct.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deduct. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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deduct
transitive verb
de·duct
: to take away (an amount) from a total
specifically
: to take as a deduction
must be capitalized…rather than immediately deducted —D. Q. Posin
compare amortize
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