单词 | deductible |
释义 | deductible (once / 6274 pages) nadj Deductible can be the amount you have to pay before your insurance kicks in, or it can mean an amount you can take off your taxes for various payments you have already made. Strange that one deductible can be so friendly and the other one so mean. The Latin deducere, meaning "to derive," eventually became the word deduct, meaning "to take away." In the mid-19th Century, the word deductible was born, meaning something "may be deducted." As a noun, a deductible is something you pay, such as your insurance deductible. As an adjective, deductible describes something you can subtract from a total, usually from your taxes. Andy Warhol once said, “Employees make the best dates. You don't have to pick them up and they're always tax-deductible.” WORD FAMILYdeductible: deductibles, nondeductible+/deduct: deducted, deductible, deducting, deduction, deducts/deduction: deductions USAGE EXAMPLESIt also forbids charging fees beyond the premiums — co-payments, coinsurance or deductibles — for this care. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) But their high deductibles, which are meant to bring down monthly premiums, will reset Jan. 1. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) These “cost-sharing reductions” are designed instead to lower the deductibles, co-pays and other out-of-pocket fees for nearly half the customers this year. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) 1n (taxes) an amount that can be deducted (especially for the purposes of calculating income tax) Hyper amount, amount of money, sum, sum of money a quantity of money 2adj acceptable as a deduction (especially as a tax deduction) Syn|Ant allowable deductible according to the tax laws nondeductible not allowable as a deduction 3n a clause in an insurance policy that relieves the insurer of responsibility to pay the initial loss up to a stated amount Hyper article, clause a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will) |
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