Dictionary Entry
deduction
deduction is a 9-letter English word with 10 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Act or process of deducing or inferring. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
Act or process of deducing or inferring.
- 2noun
Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend.
- 3noun
That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion.
- 4noun
That which is deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, a deduction from the yearly rent.
- 5noun
the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
"he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks"
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- 6noun
the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
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- 7noun
reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
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- 8noun
something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
"his resignation had political implications"
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- 9noun
an amount or percentage deducted
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- 10noun
a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket
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