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deductible

  • [dɪˈdʌktəbəɫ] UK
  • [dɪˈdʊktəbəɫ] UK

adjective more deductible · most deductible

  1. Eligible to be deducted. (Normally forgiven debt is taxable and only business expenses paid for with company income are deductible.)

Opposite: nondeductible

noun deductibles

  1. US An amount of expenses that must be paid out of pocket before an insurer will pay further expenses. In a tweet, [Donald Trump] said that the deductibles are in many cases way over $7,000, which makes the coverage worthless or unusable. […] Family bronze plans have an average deductible of just under $12,200 and an average out-of-pocket maximum of nearly $14,000.

    Similar: excess

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: allowable, tax-deductible, franchising, coinsurance, franchise, duty-free, eligible, allowed, deduction, honesty, truthfulness, truthful, openness, exemption, candour, relief

adjective

Opposite: nondeductible

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adj eligible to be deducted

Españoldeducible, desgravable
Portuguêsdedutível
Françaisdéductible
Deutschabziehbar, anrechenbar
Italianodetraibile, deducibile
Românădeductibil
Русскийвычитаемый vyčitajemyj

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@misc{deductible_2026,
  title = {deductible},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/deductible},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}