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Deduction - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Deduction : (noun)
1: a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is
calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for
the taxpayer's income bracket [syn: tax write-off, tax
deduction]
2: an amount or percentage deducted [syn: discount]
3: something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied);
"his resignation had political implications" [syn: entailment,
implication]
4: reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause
to effect) [syn: deductive reasoning, synthesis]
5: the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole); "he
complained about the subtraction of money from their
paychecks" [syn: subtraction] [ant: addition]
6: the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise [syn: discount,
price reduction]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Deduction : \De*duc"tion\, n. [L. deductio: cf. F. d['e]duction.]
1. Act or process of deducing or inferring.
The deduction of one language from another.
--Johnson.
This process, by which from two statements we deduce
a third, is called deduction. --J. R. Seely.
2. Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the
deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend.
3. That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process
of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion.
Make fair deductions; see to what they mount.
--Pope.
4. That which is deducted; the part taken away; abatement;
as, a deduction from the yearly rent.
Syn: See Induction.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Deduction |
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Section 80U
Deduction IN THE CASE OF PERMANENT PHYSICAL DISABILITY (INCLUDING BLINDNESS).
In computing the |
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