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deduct

[dih-duhkt] / dɪˈdʌkt /


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However, some higher earners covered by a retirement plan at work won’t be able to deduct their traditional IRA contributions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

However, to deduct the interest, the mortgage must be on the property acquired.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

This matters because the King only voluntarily pays tax on income spent personally, meaning the King can effectively deduct royal business from his tax bill.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

This means, for example, they can deduct the cost of investment in developing projects against tax and carry forward those credits against future profits.

From BBC May 6, 2026

“Mrs. Kastor will deduct five points off my grade if I don’t hand my paper in by the end of first period!”

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio

It calls it a capital investment, and deducts it from earnings little by little.

From Barron's Dec. 26, 2025

The company says it doesn’t charge interest on the cash it extends to people between paychecks but deducts what it calls “voluntary tips” upon repayment, the records show.

From Salon Nov. 10, 2025

BetMGM said its so-called contribution from operations—a metric that deducts cost of revenue and marketing-acquisition spending from net revenue—is still expected to exceed $500 million.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 14, 2025

For those who are in the year of their FRA, the Social Security Administration deducts $1 for every $3 for the months before the month of one’s FRA.

From MarketWatch Oct. 10, 2025

But now, think of this: the cost of the mandate was one hundred and twenty-five; the pension fund deducts fifty; that makes one hundred and seventy-five.

From The Red Room by August Strindberg

Their rates start at 260 percent annually, quadruple those of banks, with the payments deducted from the workers' earnings.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

The primary reason we wanted him to sign up for Social Security was so his Medicare Part B premium could be deducted from his monthly benefit.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

Now that she is at the MTA, she says she notices less money being deducted from her paychecks for insurance.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Points deducted for some stiff dramatic reenactments; I would prefer a picture of an empty desk than one of a miscast George Washington sitting at it.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

That’s why Kyle Keeley had fifty cents deducted from his allowance for the rest of the year.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

It later bounced and now they are deducting that amount from her account.

From MarketWatch Apr. 27, 2026

On a good day, he takes home between 900 and 1,000 rupees, after deducting money spent on fuel and food.

From BBC Jan. 30, 2026

Revisions to rules for deducting state and local taxes and charitable donations will affect millions of affluent Americans.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 29, 2025

Treasuries now yield less than JGBs after deducting the cost of hedging exchange-rate fluctuations.

From Barron's Nov. 22, 2025

The Moslem insisted that he should not pay and the Christian that he should, and it ended by my paying and deducting the sum from his bakhsheesh.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird




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