make a deduction

  • 1make a deduction — index derive (deduce) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2deduction — n. subtracting deducting 1) to make a deduction 2) a deduction for; from (our employer makes a deduction from our salary for the income tax) conclusion 3) to make a deduction 4) an illogical; logical deduction 5) a deduction about 6) the… …

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  • 3Deduction — De*duc tion, n. [L. deductio: cf. F. d[ e]duction.] 1. Act or process of deducing or inferring. [1913 Webster] The deduction of one language from another. Johnson. [1913 Webster] This process, by which from two statements we deduce a third, is… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4deduction — noun 1 working things out from the facts ADJECTIVE ▪ brilliant ▪ logical ▪ reasonable VERB + DEDUCTION ▪ make PREPOSITION …

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  • 5Deduction theorem — In mathematical logic, the deduction theorem is a metatheorem of first order logic.[1] It is a formalization of the common proof technique in which an implication A → B is proved by assuming A and then proving B from this assumption.… …

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  • 6deduction — An expense that is allowable as a reduction of gross taxable income by the IRS e.g., charity donations. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * deduction de‧duc‧tion [dɪˈdʌkʆn] noun [countable, uncountable] the process of taking away an amount from …

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  • 7Deduction — Any item or expenditure subtracted from gross income to reduce the amount of income subject to tax. Also referred to as allowable deduction . For example, if you make $40,000 and you have a deduction for $1,000, then your taxable income is… …

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  • 8make — verb Make is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑batsman, ↑company, ↑factory, ↑firm, ↑picture, ↑recipe, ↑sale Make is used with these nouns as the object: ↑accommodation, ↑accompaniment, ↑accusation, ↑ …

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  • 9deduction — de|duc|tion [dıˈdʌkʃən] n [U and C] 1.) the process of using the knowledge or information you have in order to understand something or form an opinion, or the opinion that you form ▪ Children will soon make deductions about the meaning of a word …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10Natural deduction — In logic and proof theory, natural deduction is a kind of proof calculus in which logical reasoning is expressed by inference rules closely related to the natural way of reasoning. This contrasts with the axiomatic systems which instead use… …

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