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
Recent Examples on the Web The allowance was eliminated in 1975 for large producers and reduced for smaller companies, which are still allowed to deduct 15 percent of their revenue from their taxable income. Lisa Friedman, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024 According to those who endured the program, which operated under a system that deducted and added points toward securing their release, there were penalties for trying to write parents and family alerting them to what was really happening. Brian Lowry, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024 All capital investment could be deducted in the year it is made. Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 In the Evergreen Acres case, the lawsuit notes that the farm also deducted rent from workers’ wages, which makes the workers more like traditional tenants. Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 27 Feb. 2024 Perhaps most significantly, the law bans the state and local governments from automatically deducting union dues from paychecks, a standard practice often directly written into union contracts. Daniel Rivero, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024 Instead of advocating for the reform of burdensome income taxes in their own states, SALT Caucus members are holding federal tax relief hostage just to undo a 2017 law that capped the amount of state and local taxes (SALT) mostly well-off taxpayers could deduct from their federal tax bills. Daniel Bunn, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024 Amazon began offering loans of thousands of dollars to select U.S.-based sellers back in 2011, providing funds quicker than a typical bank might and automatically deducting repayments from a merchant’s Amazon account. Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024 The organization does not charge a commission or take a profit and deducts all expenses — approximately 10% — subject to a reasonable reserve, and then distributes all remaining dollars as royalty distributions to its members. Jem Aswad, Variety, 28 Feb. 2024

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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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Cite this Entry

“Deduct.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deduct. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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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