Found 3 items, similar to Deduction.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: deduction deduksi, pengurangan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: deduction deduction n 1: a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket [syn: tax write-off, tax deduction ] 2: an amount or percentage deducted [syn: discount] 3: something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); “his resignation had political implications” [syn: entailment, implication] 4: reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) [syn: deductive reasoning, synthesis] 5: the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole); “he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks” [syn: subtraction] [ant: addition] 6: the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise [syn: discount, price reduction]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Deduction Deduction \De*duc"tion\, n. [L. deductio: cf. F. d['e]duction.] 1. Act or process of deducing or inferring. [1913 Webster] The deduction of one language from another. --Johnson. [1913 Webster] This process, by which from two statements we deduce a third, is called deduction. --J. R. Seely. [1913 Webster] 2. Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend. [1913 Webster] 3. That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion. [1913 Webster] Make fair deductions; see to what they mount. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 4. That which is or may be deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, a deduction from the yearly rent in compensation for services; deductions from income in calculating income taxes. Syn: See Induction. [1913 Webster]