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
This would include improvements to training programmes, public information campaigns to raise awareness of reckless driving, and tougher enforcement, including deducting points for more driving offences.
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Will Barker, TheWeek, 6 Jan. 2026
Their data for the average transaction prices — that's what a consumer pays after deducting all incentives and trade-in values — for new-vehicles show that those prices are not being driven down.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
Miller said the legislation means that hemp businesses will also be subjected to 280E taxes, which prohibit marijuana companies from deducting business expenses.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 14 Nov. 2025
You are entitled to a refund of the security deposit or any balance left after deducting legitimate charges, according to Legal Aid of North Carolina.
—Kendrick Marshall, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2025
The review added that the ongoing bit about the deducting from a charitable donation for longer speech set a negative tone.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025
Using debt wisely can also offer tax advantages, such as deducting mortgage interest from taxable income.
—Gabriel Shahin, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The order not only stripped workers of union protections but also stopped them from automatically deducting union dues from their paychecks.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
In North Dakota, estimates show that in recent years companies have been deducting hundreds of millions of dollars annually to help cover the costs incurred once oil and gas leave the ground on their way to being sold.
—Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deducting
subtracting
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William also is understood to pay tax on his income, but only after subtracting household expenses, which were not specified in the latest report, People reported.—
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But, Montreal was able to add Danault without subtracting anyone because the Canadiens had the cap space to do it.—
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“Deducting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deducting. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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