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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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.
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Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
In Wisconsin, employers may deduct time lost but can’t penalize employees in any other way.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
Fred leaves his job in February when his employer had only deducted $100 in FSA contributions.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
How to Calculate Shareholder Yield To calculate shareholder yield, take the amount a company spent on share repurchases in the preceding 12 months, deduct any cash brought in through share issuances, then add in the total spent on dividends.
—Brett Owens, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
In Wisconsin, employers may deduct time lost but can’t penalize employees in any other way.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
Fred leaves his job in February when his employer had only deducted $100 in FSA contributions.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
How to Calculate Shareholder Yield To calculate shareholder yield, take the amount a company spent on share repurchases in the preceding 12 months, deduct any cash brought in through share issuances, then add in the total spent on dividends.
—Brett Owens, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Deduct.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deduct. Accessed 28 Nov. 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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