[syn: discount, price reduction, deduction]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Deduction \De*duc"tion\, n. [L. deductio: cf. F. d['e]duction.]
1. Act or process of deducing or inferring.
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The deduction of one language from another.
--Johnson.
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This process, by which from two statements we deduce
a third, is called deduction. --J. R. Seely.
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2. Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the
deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend.
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3. That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process
of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion.
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Make fair deductions; see to what they mount.
--Pope.
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4. That which is or may be deducted; the part taken away;
abatement; as, a deduction from the yearly rent in
compensation for services; deductions from income in
calculating income taxes.
Syn: See Induction.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
deduction
n 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, deduction]
2: an amount or percentage deducted [syn: deduction,
discount]
3: something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied);
"his resignation had political implications" [syn:
deduction, entailment, implication]
4: reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause
to effect) [syn: deduction, 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, deduction] [ant:
addition]
6: the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise [syn:
discount, price reduction, deduction]