Deduction : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Deduction	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Deduction
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deduction n a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket Synonym(s): tax write-off, tax deduction, deduction an amount or percentage deducted Synonym(s): deduction, discount something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications" Synonym(s): deduction, entailment, implication reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) Synonym(s): deduction, deductive reasoning, synthesis the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole); "he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks" Synonym(s): subtraction, deduction Antonym(s): addition the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise Synonym(s): discount, price reduction, deduction
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deduction \Deduc"tion\, n. [L. deductio: cf. F. d[82]duction.] 1. Act or process of deducing or inferring. The deduction* of one language from another. --Johnson. This process, by which from two statements we deduce a third, is called deduction. --J. R. Seely. 2. Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend. 3. That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion. Make fair deductions; see to what they mount. --Pope. 4. That which is deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, a deduction from the yearly rent. Syn: See {Induction}.