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 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}]