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Deduction

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Noun

1. deduction, tax deduction, tax write-off

a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket

2. deduction, discount

an amount or percentage deducted

3. deduction, entailment, implication

something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)

Example Sentences:
'his resignation had political implications'

4. deduction, deductive reasoning, synthesis

reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

5. deduction, subtraction

the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)

Example Sentences:
'he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks'

6. deduction, discount, price reduction

the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Deduction

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noun
1. 
the act or process of deducting or subtracting
2. 
something, esp a sum of money, that is or may be deducted
3. 
a. 
the process of reasoning typical of mathematics and logic, whose conclusions follow necessarily from their premises
b. 
an argument of this type
c. 
the conclusion of such an argument
4. logic
a. 
a systematic method of deriving conclusions that cannot be false when the premises are true, esp one amenable to formalization and study by the science of logic
b. 
an argument of this type
Compare induction (sense 4)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Deduction

see synonyms of deduction
noun
1. 
a deducting or being deducted; subtraction
2. 
a sum or amount deducted or allowed to be deducted
3.  Logic
the act or process of deducing; reasoning from the general to the specific, or from premises to a logically valid conclusion; also, a conclusion reached by such reasoning
see also induction

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Deduction

see synonyms of deduction
n.
1. The act of deducting; subtraction.
2. An amount that is or may be deducted: tax deductions.
3. The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
4. Logic
a. The process of reasoning in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the stated premises; inference by reasoning from the general to the specific.
b. A conclusion reached by this process.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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