deduct
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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
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
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
In many U.S. states, a couple filing a joint tax return can deduct double the amount that single filers can.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Ned wouldn’t even have to worry about handling the six dollars—Holmes would deduct it from the new eighteen-dollar salary each week, automatically.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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That’s after SpaceX deducts underwriting discounts, commissions and other expected payments.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
Typically, the company provides these bags, used to mail in items for potential sale, and deducts any fees from a user’s eventual payout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
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
The winner then deducts his adversary's score from his own, and 100 is added to the difference, which makes the number of points won.
From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Louis Hoffmann
The punishment could range from a huge fine, being deducted points or ejected from the Premier League, to being stripped of the eight trophies they had won in the affected period.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
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
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
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
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It later bounced and now they are deducting that amount from her account.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026
Roughly 2% of Saks and Neiman Marcus customers account for about 40% of its gross merchandise value—the total value of goods sold before deducting returns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 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
Treasuries now yield less than JGBs after deducting the cost of hedging exchange-rate fluctuations.
From Barron's ● Nov. 22, 2025
At Ankerwyke also Clemence Medforde gave in an incomplete balance sheet: she shewed a roll containing the rents of the house, which, after deducting rent-charges, reach the total of £22.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power
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