What does DEDUCTION mean?

Definitions for DEDUCTION
dɪˈdʌk ʃənde·duc·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. tax write-off, tax deduction, deductionnoun

    a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket

  2. deduction, discountnoun

    an amount or percentage deducted

  3. deduction, entailment, implicationnoun

    something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)

    "his resignation had political implications"

  4. deduction, deductive reasoning, synthesisnoun

    reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

  5. subtraction, deductionnoun

    the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)

    "he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks"

  6. discount, price reduction, deductionnoun

    the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise

Wiktionary

  1. deductionnoun

    That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed

  2. deductionnoun

    A sum that can be removed from tax calculations; something that is written off

    You might want to donate the old junk and just take the deduction.

  3. deductionnoun

    A conclusion; that which is deduced, concluded or figured out

    He arrived at the deduction that the butler didn't do it.

  4. deductionnoun

    The ability or skill to deduce or figure out; the power of reason

    Through his powers of deduction, he realized that the plan would never work.

  5. deductionnoun

    A process of reasoning that moves from the general to the specific, in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if the premises are true.

  6. deductionnoun

    A conclusion reached by this process

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Deductionnoun

    Consequential collection; consequence; preposition drawn from principles premised.

    Etymology: deductio, Lat.

    Out of scripture such duties may be duduced, by some kind of consequence, as by long circuit of deduction it may be that even all truth, out of any truth, may be concluded. Richard Hooker.

    Set before you the moral law of God, with such deductions from it as our Saviour hath drawn, or our own reason, well informed, can make. Brian Duppa, Rules for Devotion.

    That by diversity of motions we should spell out things not resembled by them, we must attribute to some secret deduction; but what this deduction should be, or by what mediums this knowledge is advanced, is as dark as ignorance. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps.

    You have laid the experiments together in such a way, and made such deductions from them, as I have not hitherto met with. Robert Boyle, Scept. Chym.

    All cross and distasteful humours are either expresly, or by clear consequence and deduction, forbidden in the New Testament. John Tillotson, Sermon 5.

    A reflection so obvious, that natural instinct seems to have suggested it even to those who never much attended to deductions of reason. John Rogers, Serm. 19.

    Bring then these blessings to a strict account;
    Make fair deductions, see to what they mount. Alexander Pope, Essays.

ChatGPT

  1. deduction

    Deduction is a reasoning process that draws conclusions based on a general rule or principle, applied to specific cases. It is a method of logical interpretation where facts or information are derived or inferred from other known truths or premises, often forming a more specific conclusion. In finance, a deduction can refer to an expense subtracted from income for tax purposes.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Deductionnoun

    act or process of deducing or inferring

  2. Deductionnoun

    act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend

  3. Deductionnoun

    that which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion

  4. Deductionnoun

    that which is deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, a deduction from the yearly rent

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of DEDUCTION in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of DEDUCTION in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of DEDUCTION in a Sentence

  1. Dean Ferraro:

    I helped my expat client save $3,000 using one federal tax form, most expats don't realize that they can qualify for the home office deduction.

  2. Donald Trump:

    You know, a lot of people were worried about real estate – try taking the mortgage interest deduction out, you’ll see what’s going to happen to real estate. You want to see a crash? Try that one.

  3. Svetlin Krastev:

    In New York City, $ 750,000 doesn't go a long way, but when you buy a home for $ 300,000 or $ 400,000, you can get that mortgage interest deduction.

  4. Charles Caleb Colton:

    Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time, which every day produces, and which most men throw away, but which nevertheless will make at the end of it no small deduction for the life of man.

  5. Susan Allen:

    You can't just set up a desk in your kids' playroom and take the deduction.

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Translations for DEDUCTION

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  • отбив, умозаключение, размишление, дедукция, удържанеBulgarian
  • dedukceCzech
  • AbzugGerman
  • παραγωγή, αφαίρεση, παραγωγικός λογισμός, συμπέρασμα, παρακράτησηGreek
  • deducciónSpanish
  • کسرPersian
  • deduktio, johtopäätös, päättely, päättelykyky, vähennys, verovähennys, päätelmäFinnish
  • déductionFrench
  • deduzione, detrazioneItalian
  • អនុមានញែកKhmer
  • 공제Korean
  • fradrag, deduksjonNorwegian
  • inhouding, conclusie, aftrek, afleidingDutch
  • deduksjon, frådragNorwegian Nynorsk
  • konklusjonNorwegian
  • размышле́ние, вы́вод, вы́чет, умозаключе́ние, удержа́ние, деду́кция, заключе́ниеRussian
  • härledning, slutsats, deduktion, avdrag, slutledningSwedish
  • 扣除Chinese

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