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Definition of deducting : of Deduct

Synonyms:

decreasing, lessening, dwindling, deflating, abating, dying down, diminishing, decrementing, concentrating, compressing, shrinking, receding, eroding, truncating, abridging, contracting, depleting, curtailing, lowering, subsiding, shortening, compacting, abbreviating, draining

discounting, penalizing, burdening, encumbering, fining, correcting, punishing, disciplining, judging, forfeiting, handicapping, chastising

clipping, shearing, depreciating, subtracting, weeding, bobbing, cropping, pruning, shaving, trimming, paring, docking, reducing, cutting, deleting, eliding

rebating

debiting, borrowing, pledging

Usage examples:

• Deducting bills paid, viz. - "The Young Musician or, Fighting His Way", Horatio Alger.
• Deducting from the increased valuation of property in Kansas the value of railroads there, and about the same state of facts appears. - "Monopolies and the People", D. C. Cloud.
• The rest and residue of his estate, after deducting all legal charges and expenses, was bequeathed to his beloved daughter, Olivia Merkell. - "The Marrow of Tradition", Charles W. Chesnutt.