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nondeductible

/nɒndɪˈdʌktɪbəl/non-dih-DUHK-tih-buhl
/nɑndɪˈdʌktɪbəl/nahn-dih-DUHK-tih-buhl

Meaningnot able to be led off

Common meaning: not allowed to be subtracted, as from taxable income

‘not’ + ‘down, away, off’ + ‘to lead or draw along’ → nondeductible

Journey through time

  1. Latindūcō, dūxī, ductum‘to lead or draw along’
  2. Englishnondeductible‘not allowed to be subtracted, as from taxable income’ · today

non- also in: nonverbalnonchalantnontrivialnonphysicalnonresident

de- also in: deterdecampdecidededucedefame

duct also in: deduceinduceconducteducateproduce

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin dūcō ‘to lead or draw along’.

Roots

Related words

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