deductible

See also: déductible

English

Etymology

From deduct +‎ -ible.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [dɪˈdʌktəbəɫ], [dɪˈdʊktəbəɫ]

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Adjective

deductible (comparative more deductible, superlative most deductible)

1. Eligible to be deducted.
   • 2021 February 23, Jeanne Sahadi, “So you got a PPP loan? Here’s what that means for your state taxes”, in CNN Business‎^[1]:

     (Normally forgiven debt is taxable and only business expenses paid for with company income are deductible.)

Antonyms

• nondeductible

Derived terms

• deductibility
• tax deductible, tax-deductible

Translations

eligible to be deducted

• Catalan: deduïble (ca)
• Finnish: vähennyskelpoinen (fi)
• French: déductible (fr)
• German: abziehbar, anrechenbar
• Hungarian: levonható (hu)
• Italian: detraibile (it), deducibile (it)
• Portuguese: dedutível
• Romanian: deductibil (ro)
• Russian: вычитаемый (vyčitajemyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: odbitna franšiza, izvediv (sh)
• Spanish: deducible (es)
• Swedish: avdragbar, avdragsgill (sv)

Noun

deductible (plural deductibles)

1. (US, insurance) An amount of expenses that must be paid out of pocket before an insurer will pay further expenses.
   • 2019 April 1, Tami Luhby, “Fact Check: Are Obamacare’s deductibles more than $7,000?”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     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.

Synonyms

• (British) excess

Translations

excess — see excess

See also

• deduct
• deductable