deduct

verb

de·​duct di-ˈdəkt How to pronounce deduct (audio)
dē-
deducted; deducting; deducts

transitive verb

1
: to take away (an amount) from a total : subtract
2

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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Single Americans making $150,000 fall under the 22 percent federal tax bracket, which equates to around $24,000 deducted from their paychecks for U.S. income taxes. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025 Instead, a few times a day the payment authority (in the US, this is almost always the Federal Reserve) will collate millions of check payments made, and then deduct or add the total amount that specific banks owe or are owed when all those payments are processed. Dylan Matthews, Vox, 5 Mar. 2025 That fee in turn gets deducted from the purchase price should the customer elect to buy it instead of returning the item. Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 3 Mar. 2025 Davis should have been deducted a point, with Roach rewarded a knockdown. Brian Mazique, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deduct

Word History

Etymology

Latin deductus, past participle of deducere

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of deduct was in the 15th century

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“Deduct.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deduct. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

Kids Definition

deduct

verb
de·​duct di-ˈdəkt How to pronounce deduct (audio)
: to take away (an amount) from a total : subtract
deductible
-ˈdək-tə-bəl
adjective

Legal Definition

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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