deduction
Nouns
- (n) a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket tax deduction, tax write-off,
- (n) an amount or percentage deducted discount,
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(n) something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
- his resignation had political implications
- (n) reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) deductive reasoning, synthesis,
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(n) the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
- he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks
- (n) the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise discount, price reduction,