DEDUCTING Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

deducting

verb

present participle of deduct

as in subtracting

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 deducting AskAnyModel also supports unlimited image generation across compatible models without deducting premium credits. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 17 Aug. 2026 That’s after excluding wealth from the top 1% of households, subtracting debts and other liabilities, as well as deducting retirement spending, charitable donations, taxes and fees. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026 The reduction may not lower monthly payments for many borrowers, and a major risk involves servicers deducting incorrect payment amounts, which can be difficult to reverse. — Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 Prosecutors say Goldstein diverted money from his law firm to pay gambling debts and falsely deducting gambling debts as business expenses. — ABC News, 24 July 2026 After deducting their settlement fee and other charges, the net savings typically range from 20% to 25% of the original balance. — Brian Sloan, CNBC, 24 June 2026 Kean is counting on voters rewarding him for tax cuts that Trump signed into law last year, including easing the restrictions on deducting state and local taxes, or SALT, a big issue for upper middle-class homeowners in high-tax blue states like New Jersey. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 26 May 2026 What will the license plates fund After deducting administrative fees, proceeds from the Disney plates would go toward services provided by hospitals and clinics that are not covered by insurance or a patient. — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026 The remaining settlement fund after deducting those costs and expenses will then be split among recipients based on their individual amounts, according to the settlement website. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 3 May 2026

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subtracting

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So the balance of payments is subtracting savings from other countries and making their bond yields go up as well.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026
Summary Research reveals humans instinctively add solutions to problems, a cognitive default observed in studies where people preferred adding over subtracting, even when removal would yield better results.

— Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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