deduction

Meanings

• a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket
• an amount or percentage deducted
• something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied);
• reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
• the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole);
• the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise

Synonyms

• tax write-off
• tax deduction
• discount
• entailment
• implication
• deductive reasoning
• synthesis
• subtraction
• price reduction

Scrabble Score: 13

deduction is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

deduction is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

deduction is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

deduction is a valid Words With Friends word

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