| 单词 | deduct |
| 释义 | deduct (once / 649 pages) v To deduct is to remove or take away some amount. If your boss deducts money from your paycheck because you're always late to work, she subtracts it. When taxes are withheld from your salary, your employer deducts them to pay your contribution. Each time you use a debit card, it deducts the amount you spend from your bank account. A different way to deduct is to come to a reasoned, thoughtful conclusion, or to deduce. The two words were once interchangeable, while now it's more common to use deduct to mean "remove a portion," and deduce to mean "infer logically." WORD FAMILYdeduct: deducted, deductible, deducting, deduction, deducts+/deductible: deductibles, nondeductible/deduction: deductions USAGE EXAMPLESThe amount will be deducted from any benefits they already receive. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Hanging on the wall near Smith’s birthday cake was this plaque: “Time spent flying is not deducted from one’s lifespan.” Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) And he says Americans will be able to deduct their child-care and elder-care expenses from their taxes, among other changes. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1v make a subtraction Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper subtract, take off add, add together make an addition by combining numbers add, add together, add up, sum, sum up, summate, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote updetermine the sum of carry back deduct a loss or an unused credit from taxable income for a prior period calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out make a mathematical calculation or computation 2v retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments Syn|Hypo|Hyper recoup, withhold dock deduct from someone's wages hold on, keep retain possession of 3v reason by deduction; establish by deduction Syn|Hypo|Hyper deduce, derive, infer extrapolate gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating surmiseinfer from incomplete evidence elicitderive by reason conclude, reason, reason out decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion |
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