business deduction
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- noun
- /ˈbɪznəs dɪˈdʌkʃən/
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deducción empresarial
- If you own a business, you can claim a business deduction for expenses like office supplies and travel costs.
Examples
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I don't understand SUVs for 90% of the people who buy them, but there is no "Hummer" business deduction.
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So building a business, contributing to the economy, and taking legitimate business deductions is "sucking off the system like a liberal deadbeat"?
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A company would own the horse, and it's a business deduction.
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"What President Obama calls 'subsidies' are actually typical business deductions that every manufacturing industry receives.
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Did you also complain about the absolutely obscene $125K business deduction for Hummers?
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Now, under "business deductions"... you have listed a $22,000 trailer... with various mechanical and electronic devices... perfumed record albums... and pages and pages...
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You may also be able to take a home-office deduction and deduct part of your health insurance premiums along with other business deductions.
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Many small businesses benefit from a business deduction for necessary equipment purchases that reduce their taxable income.
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To lower your taxable income, make sure to keep records of any business deduction you intend to claim for operating expenses.
Synonyms
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An amount taken away from a total, for example from pay
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A smaller tax people or companies must pay to encourage certain activities
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An expense or amount you can subtract from your income to lower your tax
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'business' (commercial activity) modifies 'deduction' (a subtraction from money), indicating a subtraction related to business expenses or income. This modifier+head noun pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The term business deduction comes from a simple picture: business means a company's work and deduction means something you 'take away' from the total money before tax. So a business deduction is an expense a company can 'take away' from its income to lower the tax it must pay.