as in subtracted
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 deducted
Accordingly, if the home entertainment and merchandise sales should be added to the theater takings, the marketing cost should be deducted from them.
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Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
She was ordered to pay Abasolo $500,000 as an equalization payment, though her previous spousal support payments were deducted from that total, bringing it to $460,229.
—Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
While contributions cannot be deducted from federal income taxes, most states allow residents to deduct contributions to these plans from their state income taxes.
—Gordon Ebanks, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2025
Lautz said that people may not understand that the qualifying amounts are deducted from income, not taxes themselves.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2025
But so long as the E-ZPass account had sufficient funds, a charge involving a plate associated with their account would be deducted.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2025
In contrast to North Dakota, at least seven oil-and-gas-producing states have taken either legislative or judicial action to restrict the costs that can be deducted from royalty owners’ checks.
—Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 15 Aug. 2025
Every month, a portion of their salary — up to 20% for employees under 55 — is automatically deducted for retirement, housing, and healthcare savings.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2025
The 2024 tournament generated more than $1 billion in sales over the course of 67 games, an estimate that does not factor in any make-good allotments that were deducted from the gross sales tally.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
She was ordered to pay Abasolo $500,000 as an equalization payment, though her previous spousal support payments were deducted from that total, bringing it to $460,229.
—Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
While contributions cannot be deducted from federal income taxes, most states allow residents to deduct contributions to these plans from their state income taxes.
—Gordon Ebanks, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2025
Lautz said that people may not understand that the qualifying amounts are deducted from income, not taxes themselves.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2025
But so long as the E-ZPass account had sufficient funds, a charge involving a plate associated with their account would be deducted.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2025
In contrast to North Dakota, at least seven oil-and-gas-producing states have taken either legislative or judicial action to restrict the costs that can be deducted from royalty owners’ checks.
—Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 15 Aug. 2025
Every month, a portion of their salary — up to 20% for employees under 55 — is automatically deducted for retirement, housing, and healthcare savings.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2025
The 2024 tournament generated more than $1 billion in sales over the course of 67 games, an estimate that does not factor in any make-good allotments that were deducted from the gross sales tally.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deducted
subtracted
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The business survey provides data on pay, hours worked and the number of jobs the US economy added or subtracted.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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Under the definition of GDP, exports are added, and imports are subtracted from the total because the former are considered a product of the national economy, and the latter are expenditures that aren’t domestic products.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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