He could deduct the furnishing of his work room from his taxes.
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Deduct
Synonyms for "deduct" (87 found)
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24 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- изваждам verb (to take one thing from another)
- намалявам verb (to take one thing from another)
- удържам verb (to take one thing from another)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 扣除 verb (to take one thing from another)
Finnish
1 entries- vähentää verb (to take one thing from another)
French
2 entries- décompter verb (to take one thing from another)
- déduire verb (to take one thing from another)
German
1 entries- abziehen verb (to take one thing from another)
Hungarian
2 entries- levon verb (to take one thing from another)
- leír verb (to take one thing from another)
Interlingua
2 entries- deducer verb (to take one thing from another)
- discontar verb (to take one thing from another)
Italian
2 entries- defalcare verb (to take one thing from another)
- detrarre verb (to take one thing from another)
Japanese
2 entries- 差し引く verb (to take one thing from another)
- 引く verb (to take one thing from another)
Russian
4 entries- вы́честь verb (to take one thing from another)
- вычита́ть verb (to take one thing from another)
- уде́рживать verb (to take one thing from another)
- удержа́ть verb (to take one thing from another)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- odbiti verb (to take one thing from another)
- одбити verb (to take one thing from another)
Swedish
1 entries- dra av verb (to take one thing from another)
Tagalog
1 entries- awasin verb (to take one thing from another)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
To encourage conciseness the professor asked for a composition on a subject of our choosing and advised us that he would deduct one mark for each unnecessary word.
Source: tatoeba (2753048)
From our monthly revenue, we should deduct the costs of food, rent, clothing, transportation etc.
Source: tatoeba (2970704)
I will deduct the cost of the can of peas from the money I owe you.
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