DEDUCTED Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

deducted

verb

past tense of deduct

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 But losses can only be deducted by filers who itemize and who kept a record of both winnings and losses, and the deduction is capped at whatever winnings were reported. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026 Despite all this, Hillsborough retains a vibrancy and passion that helped keep the club going through the nadir of finishing on zero points in the Championship last season after being deducted 18 for financial wrongdoings. — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026 There is no annual personal income tax return simply because employment income has been earned, nor is personal income tax deducted from an employee's salary. — Alia Noor, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 The rebates are given at dealerships and deducted from the car’s purchase price on the day of sale. — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026 Many capital expenditures can be immediately deducted from taxable income under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. — Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 6 Aug. 2026 Instead of the toll simply being deducted from my account, I was assessed a fee nearly a year later. — Megan De Mar, CBS News, 31 July 2026 They're expressed as a percentage of your investment and deducted automatically. — Elizabeth Gravier,dan Avery, CNBC, 16 July 2026 The site does the advertising, booking and payment collection in exchange for a 30% fee that’s deducted from the teacher’s earnings. — Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026

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subtracted

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Net income is what’s leftover after all of that is subtracted out.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
Grüneisl said the 100 dinars is subtracted from the wage of migrant workers, not added as a separate benefit.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 12 Aug. 2026

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