Words · Familiar
deduction
/dɪˈdʌkʃən/ · 9 letters · 8 distinct letters
- noun
a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket
- noun
an amount or percentage deducted
- noun
something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
his resignation had political implications
- noun
reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
- noun
the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks