Definitions For Deduction

noun

  • The act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
  • The act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
  • Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
  • Something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
  • An amount or percentage deducted
  • A reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket
  • The act of taking away something (such as an amount of money) from a total
  • Something (such as an amount of money) that is or can be subtracted from a total
  • The act or process of using logic or reason to form a conclusion or opinion about something : the act or process of deducing something

Is Deduction a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
16

The word Deduction is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Deduction in a Sentence

  • The government is offering new tax deductions for small businesses.
  • What is your pay after the deductions have been taken out?
  • His guess was based on intuition rather than deduction.

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Antonyms for Deduction

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