deduction
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 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
Types & categories
- write-off hypernym
- tax benefit hyponym
- business deduction hyponym
- exemption hyponym
Sense 2 noun
an amount or percentage deducted
Types & categories
- allowance hypernym
- trade discount hyponym
Related & opposite
- discount derivation
Sense 3 noun
something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
his resignation had political implications
Types & categories
- inference hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- derive derivation
- synthesize derivation
- deduce derivation
- synthetical derivation
- synthetical derivation
Sense 5 noun
the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks
Types & categories
- reduction hypernym
- bite hyponym
- withholding hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
Types & categories
- reduction hypernym
Related & opposite
- discount derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | write-off |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tax benefit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | business deduction |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | exemption |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | discount |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | allowance |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | trade discount |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | entail |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | entail |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | involve |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | inference |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | derive |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | synthesize |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | deduce |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | synthetical |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | synthetical |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | reasoning |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | syllogism |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | addition |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | subtract |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | reduction |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bite |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | withholding |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | discount |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | reduction |