Thesaurus: deduction

Related headwords

Definitions

1. n. Act or process of deducing or inferring.
2. n. Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend.
3. n. That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion.
4. n. That which is deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, a deduction from the yearly rent.
5. 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
6. n. an amount or percentage deducted
7. n. something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
8. n. reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
9. n. the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
10. n. the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
11. 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.
12. n:100 n. an amount or percentage deducted n. something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied) n. reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)