How to Use deduct in a Sentence

deduct

verb
  • You can deduct up to $500 for money given to charity.
  • Navone said the landlord offered to deduct $300 from the next month’s rent.
    — Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Sep. 2021
  • The apps then deduct a portion of that fee for themselves and give the worker the rest.
    — Matthew Sedacca, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2019
  • The balance is the amount that the grantor can deduct when the grantor contributes the property to the trust.
    — Matthew Erskine, Forbes, 22 May 2021
  • The bill the House passed would allow union members to deduct up to $250 of dues from their tax bills.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2021
  • Potts says Bass Champs does not deduct the weight of the plastic weigh-in bag from the actual weight of the fish.
    — Dallas News, 10 Apr. 2021
  • Anyone that breaks the rules causes a cash sum to be deducted from the prize fund.
    — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 May 2023
  • Each episode watched deducts a certain amount of coins from their wallet.
    — Schuyler Moore, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Buyers of new EVs get to deduct the full $7,500 from their income taxes for the year in which the car is purchased.
    — Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
  • The prepayment will be deducted from your bill at the end of your meal.
    — Jenny Porter Tilley, The Courier-Journal, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The bill had allowed for business owners to deduct up to 17.4% of their profits.
    — Justin Elliott, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Those 65 and older and the blind can deduct additional amounts.
    — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Here are some examples of things for which a landlord can deduct.
    — Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2020
  • In addition to the Child Tax Credit, working parents can deduct some of the cost of child care.
    — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2020
  • In that case, Jennet wouldn't be able to deduct the $800 capital loss on her taxes.
    — Shehan Chandrasekera, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Employers may choose to pay all of it or deduct up to 0.11% of it from employees’ wages.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 July 2024
  • Take photographs of the locks, keep the receipts for the labor and materials, and deduct the cost from your rent.
    — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Parties need to be creative in looking for ways to deduct their legal fees.
    — Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The comptroller cannot deduct more than $2 million in a fiscal year.
    — Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The money can be deducted from your gross income and grows tax-free.
    — Brian Sloan, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Parties need to be creative in looking for ways to deduct their legal fees.
    — Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 6 June 2022
  • Parties need to be creative in looking for ways to deduct their legal fees.
    — Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 2 June 2022
  • If endorsed by parliament, 80% of the discount will come from the hoteliers, who will be able to deduct it from their tax bills.
    — The Economist, 11 June 2020
  • The Heat wouldn’t be able to deduct half his salary — or the cumulative amount of his fines — from its luxury tax bill.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
  • By year’s end, Lynn hopes to find a way for potential donors to be able to deduct contributions.
    — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2022
  • When one of their children decides to buy something, the parents pay and deduct the total from that kid's savings.
    — Star Tribune, 9 Jan. 2021
  • Each year, oil investors get to deduct a set percentage of the revenue from the property.
    — Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Going that route avoids the risk of not being able to deduct the full amount of the donation from taxable income in a single year.
    — Eric James Allen, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Its gross margin — the percentage of sales remaining after deducting the cost of production — was north of 60%.
    — Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
  • But towing companies can get around that rule by selling cars for small amounts so there aren’t any profits left once towing and storage fees are deducted.
    — Dave Altimari, ProPublica, 7 Mar. 2025

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