Deduction

noun

dɪ'dəkʃən

Noun

an amount or percentage deducted
Similar:Discount
Type of:AllowanceAdjustment
a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket
Type of:Write-downWrite-off
something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
Similar:Entailment Implication
Type of:InferenceIllation
the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
Similar:Subtraction
Type of:DiminutionReductionDecrease
reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
Similar:Synthesis
Type of:Reasoning
the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
Similar:Discount
Type of:ReductionStep-downDiminution