deductionnoun
uk/dɪˈdʌk.ʃən/us/dɪˈdʌk.ʃən/deduction noun (THINKING)
C2 [ C or U ] the process of reaching a decision or answer by thinking about the known facts, or the decision that is reached:
Through a process of deduction, the detectives discovered the identity of the killer.
All we can do is make deductions from the available facts.
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Concluding and deducing
- analysis
- deduce
- diagnosis
- exclude
- extrapolate
- gather
- in the last/final analysis idiom
- induction
- inductive
- infer
- inference
- must
- perceive
- put
- put sth down to sth
- put two and two together and make five idiom
- reason
- syllogism
- two
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deduction noun (TAKING AWAY)
C1 [ C or U ] the calculation of taking an amount or a part of something away from a total or the amount that is taken away:
The interest I receive on my savings account is paid after the deduction of tax.
[ C ] US and Australian English UK stoppage an amount that is taken away from the money you are paid before you officially receive it:
After deductions, his taxable income is $30,000.
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Price decreases
- bargain bin
- bearish
- closeout
- concession
- cut-price
- deflate
- depreciate
- depreciation
- discount
- downturn
- knock
- knock sb/sth down
- mark
- offer
- put
- put sth down 1
- roll
- roll sth back
- slump
- tumble
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