deduct

deduct
de·duct vt: to take away (an amount) from a total; specif: to take as a deduction
must be capitalized...rather than immediately deduct ed — D. Q. Posin compare amortize

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

deduct
I (conclude by reasoning) verb apply reason, arrive at a conclusion, ascertain, assume, calculate, come to a conclusion, conclude, conjecture, consider probable, construe, deduce, deem, derive, determine, divine, draw a conclusion, educe, extract, gather, guess, infer, judge, rationalize, ratiocinate, reason, suppose, surmise, think, think likely, trace, understand II (reduce) verb abate, attentuate, bate, cheapen, cut, cut down, decrease, deflate, deplete, depreciate, devaluate, dilute, diminish, discount, downgrade, dwindle, lessen, lower, make less, make smaller, mark down, remove, render few, shrink, slash, strike off, strip, subduct, subtract, take away, take off, trim, truncate, withdraw associated concepts: tax credit, tax deduction III index construe (comprehend), decrease, deduce, depreciate, diminish, except (exclude), excise (cut away), lessen, minimize, rebate, remove (eliminate), retrench, withdraw

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


deduct
v.
To subtract something from a total; in taxation, to subtract the cost of items from total income to determine taxable income.
n.
deduction

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.

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