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
   - tax write-off, tax deduction 
2. An amount or percentage deducted
   - discount 
3. Something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
   - entailment, implication 
4. Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
   - deductive reasoning, synthesis 
5. The act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
   - subtraction 
6. The act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
   - discount, price reduction

Derived forms: deductions

See also: deduce, deduct, deductive

Type of: abstract thought, adjustment, allowance, decrease, diminution, illation, inference, logical thinking, reasoning, reduction, step-down, write-down, write-off

Encyclopedia: Deduction

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