DEDUCTION
/dɪˈdʊkʃən/ ► audio Scrabble 13 Words With Friends 16
Definition
- noun a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated.
— synonyms: tax_write-off, tax_deduction
- noun an amount or percentage deducted.
— synonyms: discount
- noun something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied).
— synonyms: entailment, implication
- noun reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect).
— synonyms: deductive_reasoning, synthesis
- noun the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole).
— synonyms: subtraction
- noun the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise.
— synonyms: discount, price_reduction
Examples
- “You might want to donate the old junk and just take the deduction.”
- “He arrived at the deduction that the butler didn't do it.”
- “Through his powers of deduction, he realized that the plan would never work.”
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