deduction
英 [dɪ'dʌkʃ(ə)n]
美[dɪ'dʌkʃən]
- n. 扣除，减除；推论；减除额
英英释意
- 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
- 2. an amount or percentage deducted
- 3. something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied);
- "his resignation had political implications"
- 4. reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
- 5. the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole);
- "he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks"
- 6. the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise