Definitions For Deduction

noun

• The act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
• The act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
• Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
• Something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
• An amount or percentage deducted
• A reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket
• The act of taking away something (such as an amount of money) from a total
• Something (such as an amount of money) that is or can be subtracted from a total
• The act or process of using logic or reason to form a conclusion or opinion about something : the act or process of deducing something