deduction
Seed from Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025
Meanings by context
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- definition a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket
- definition an amount or percentage deducted
- definition something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
- definition reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
- definition the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
- definition the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise