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

1. noun. Act or process of deducing or inferring.
2. noun. Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend.
3. noun. That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion.
4. noun. That which is deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, a deduction from the yearly rent.
5. noun. the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)

   "he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks"

   Synonyms: subtraction

6. noun. the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise

   Synonyms: discount

7. noun. reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

   Synonyms: synthesis

8. noun. something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)

   "his resignation had political implications"

   Synonyms: entailment, implication

9. noun. an amount or percentage deducted

   Synonyms: discount

10. 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

Synonyms

subtraction, discount, synthesis, entailment, implication

Common word forms

deductions

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