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.
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The deduction of one language from another.
--Johnson.
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This process, by which from two statements we deduce
a third, is called deduction. --J. R. Seely.
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2. Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the
deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend.
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3. That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process
of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion.
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Make fair deductions; see to what they mount.
--Pope.
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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.
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