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deduct

[dih-duhkt] / dɪˈdʌkt /


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The lender owes tax on the interest, and the borrower often can deduct it if he or she itemizes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

It also lets people who give money to them deduct the donations from their taxes, an incentive that helps schools fundraise.

From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026

But unlike state sales taxes in America, under a VAT businesses can deduct or refund the VAT they’ve paid on their own purchases of raw materials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

The IRS lets entrepreneurs and companies deduct their “ordinary and necessary” expenses to build their businesses.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 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

Instead, it deducts it little by little over the projected useful life of the stuff being bought.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

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

If you’re younger than 67 for the entire year, the government deducts $1 from your benefit payments for every $2 you earn above the annual limit, according to the Social Security Administration.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 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

“I deducts they’d known each other a long while.”

From Whispering Wires by Henry Leverage

The higher taxes could be deducted before the seller receives the sale proceeds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The class-action, led by four ex-warehouse workers, alleges that Amazon deducted their bank of unpaid time off or flagged them for “time off-task” for medically necessary breaks or absences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

For startup costs well beyond $50,000, there’s no immediate deduction, but the costs can be deducted over 15 years.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

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

Ironically, he ended up making money from the project—after the printing, shipping, and advertising costs were deducted.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The research firm’s estimates account for revenue after deducting traffic and other content acquisition costs, such as the money Google shares with its creators.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Nov. 22, 2025

He is deducting fees from mom’s estate funds.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2025

The Northbrook, Ill., company said the figure represents its losses on a pre-tax basis and after deducting payments it received from reinsurance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025

We contented ourselves with reducing the profits somewhat, by deducting from each letter the postage of Paris for Paris, without their being able on that account to raise the sum fixed by their advertisements.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary


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