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[dih-duhkt] / dɪˈdʌkt /


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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

“Just calling yourself a content creator doesn’t give you a get-out-of-jail-free card to deduct everything in your life,” said Jason Moll, a Nashville, Tenn.-based business manager and tax adviser for artists, athletes and content creators.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

Reports said the government would deduct a 12% royalty from the sale proceeds and the remaining money would be divided equally among the seven workers.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

“I'm going to have to deduct the money for a glass beetle,” the burly redbeard announced as he let himself fall into his vast armchair.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke

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

Most people will think that this very outspoke and forcible dissent deducts somewhat from the value of the Report, and throws a shadow of doubt on the wisdom of its provisions.

From Cetywayo and his White Neighbours Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal by Henry Rider Haggard

Everton had their own run in with Premier League financial rules when they were charged and deducted 10 points for more minor breaches in November 2023, reduced to six on appeal.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 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

Households that receive welfare payments can buy essential goods on credit under a new program, with any unpaid debt deducted from future cash welfare payments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

I was shocked to learn that his monthly Social Security benefit will be only $700, and that’s before the Medicare premium is deducted.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

Cora understood why—after the town deducted for food, housing, and miscellany like upkeep on the dormitories and schoolbooks, there was little left.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

And that’s even before deducting the extra costs related specifically to real estate like property taxes, condo fees, maintenance, insurance, sales commissions and so on.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

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

For example, Chen said, Edison is deducting a homeowner’s full insurance coverage from the compensation amounts even if the insurer has reimbursed the family for only part of that amount.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 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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