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deduction - definition and meaning
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Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of deducting; subtraction.
- noun An amount that is or may be deducted.
- noun The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
- noun The process of reasoning in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the stated premises; inference by reasoning from the general to the specific.
- noun A conclusion reached by this process.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A drawing or tracing out and setting forth.
- noun The act of deriving; derivation.
- noun In logic, derivation as a result from a known principle; necessary inference; also, the result itself, as so concluded.
- noun The act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; abatement: as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend; prompt payment will insure a large deduction.
- noun A payment; a statement of payments.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Act or process of deducing or inferring.
- noun Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction.
- noun That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion.
- noun That which is or may be deducted; the part taken away; abatement.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun That which is
deducted ; that which issubtracted orremoved - noun A
sum that can be removed fromtax calculations ; something that iswritten off - noun A
conclusion ; that which isdeduced ,concluded or figured out - noun The ability or
skill to deduce or figure out; the power ofreason - noun logic A
process ofreasoning that moves from thegeneral to thespecific , in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if thepremises are true. - noun A conclusion reached by this process
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket
- noun the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
- noun an amount or percentage deducted
- noun something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
- noun reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
- noun the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
Etymologies
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Examples
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Since the objective deduction is about the conditions of representations having objects, a better name for it might have been ˜deduction of the object™.
Kant's View of the Mind and Consciousness of Self Brook, Andrew 2008
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You seem to be saying the deduction is a wash as between buyer and seller, because the buyer is ultimately a seller.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “The Rise of the New Paternalism” 2010
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The NYT article I linked to earlier discusses how the deduction is a partial cause of an overinflated residential housing market, and a real market distortion, unlike the fake ones that the libertarians on here are bleating about.
Matthew Yglesias » GOP Turning Pro-Bank Stance Into Big Bucks 2010
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If a deduction is the same as a penalty, then provide a deduction, and avoid the argument of those who object to a penalty line.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Destroying the Constitution’s Structure is not Constitutional 2010
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You seem to be saying the deduction is a wash as between buyer and seller, because the buyer is ultimately a seller.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “The Rise of the New Paternalism” 2010
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But that kind of deduction is almost purely an afterthought.
Overlooked Movie Monday: Detroit Rock City » Scene-Stealers 2010
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And the mortgage interest deduction is one of the biggest, 76 billion.
Matthew Yglesias » GOP Turning Pro-Bank Stance Into Big Bucks 2010
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If the goal of the deduction is just to increase homeownership, then it would make far more sense just to give a flat tax credit to people who buy homes.
Matthew Yglesias » GOP Turning Pro-Bank Stance Into Big Bucks 2010
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Yes, the transcendental deduction is not and cannot be based on direct evidence.
Matthew Yglesias » Kinsley’s Transcendental Deduction of Hyperinflation 2010
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In general, except for the expenses described above, no deduction is allowed for lobbying expenses paid or incurred after December 31, 1993.
Matthew Yglesias » Corporate Political Contributions as Tax Break 2010
Related Words
synonyms (175)
Words with the same meaning
- Baconian method
- a fortiori reasoning
- a posteriori reasoning
- a priori reasoning
- abatement
- ablation
- abrasion
- abridgment
- abstraction
- accord
- addition
- adjunct
- affairs
- affiliation
- affinity
- agio
- alleviation
- alliance
- allowance
- analysis
- approximation
- assemblage
- association
- attenuation
- bank discount
- bond
- breakage
- cash discount
- chain discount
- charge-off
- closeness
- cogitation
- combination
- concession
- conclusion
- connectedness
- connection
- consequence
- consequent
- consideration
- contemplation
- contiguity
- contraction
- contrariety
- corollary
- credit
- cut
- dampening
- damping
- dealings
- decrease
- decrement
- decrescence
- deductive reasoning
- deflation
- deliberation
- demonstration
- depreciation
- depression
- derivation
- diminishment
- diminution
- discount
- discourse
- discourse of reason
- discursive reason
- disjunction
- dockage
- drawback
- dying
- dying off
- epagoge
- erosion
- extenuation
- fade-out
- filiation
- finding
- generalization
- homology
- hypothesis and verification
- illation
- induction
- inductive reasoning
- inference
- intercourse
- intimacy
- judgment
- junction
- kickback
- languishment
- lessening
- letup
- liaison
- link
- linkage
- linking
- logical thought
- lowering
- meditation
- miniaturization
- minus
- mitigation
- musing
- mutual attraction
- nearness
- particularization
- penalty
- penalty clause
- percentage
- philosophical induction
- philosophy
- pondering
- premium
- price reduction
- price-cut
- proof
- propinquity
- proximity
- purification
- rapport
- ratiocination
- rationalism
- rationality
- rationalization
- rationalizing
- reason
- reasonableness
- reasoning
- rebate
- rebatement
- reduction
- refinement
- reflection
- refund
- relatedness
- relation
- relations
- relationship
- relaxation
- removal
- result
- rollback
- rumination
- sagging
- salvage
- scaling down
- sequitur
- setoff
- similarity
- simplicity
- sophistry
- specious reasoning
- speculation
- subduction
- sublation
- subtraction
- sweet reason
- syllogism
- syllogistic reasoning
- sympathy
- synthesis
- takeoff
- taking away
- tare
- thinking
- tie
- tie-in
- time discount
- trade discount
- tret
- underselling
- union
- weakening
- withdrawal
- write-off
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