Antonym: induction. Similar words: reduction, induction, abduction, production, reproduction, introduction, mass production, production cost. Meaning: [-kʃn] 
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 2. an amount or percentage deducted 3. something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied) 4. reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) 5. the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole) 6. the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise.
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 2. an amount or percentage deducted 3. something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied) 4. reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) 5. the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole) 6. the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise. 
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1. It was a pretty astute deduction.
2. She arrived at this conclusion by logical deduction.
3. No deduction in pay is made for absence due to illness.
4. That seems a reasonable deduction.
5. It's an obvious deduction that she is guilty.
6. His deduction led him to the correct conclusion.
7. After the deduction of tax at 20 per cent, the interest rate will be 6.2 per cent.
8. Holmes had made a deduction regarding Watson himself.
9. With the result that pure deduction is found wanting.
10. Does it have an offsetting deduction?
11. The game teaches children logic and deduction.
12. The other half is making the deduction worth something.
13. Here the logical principle is deduction.
14. The mortgage interest deduction promotes home ownership.
15. Here is an example of a logical deduction.
16. This is a perfectly valid deduction.
17. The third appears to be a deduction from the first two,(sentencedict.com/deduction.html) but the syllogism is false.
18. If he does not itemize deductions, he will lose the deduction altogether.
19. I can extrapolate this deduction to other vertebrates but an arthropod has different reactions and an utterly different nervous system.
20. Interest can be paid without deduction of tax to non-taxpayers.
21. Workers can contribute via payroll deduction to the stock, bond or treasury funds.
22. But they also reward or punish behavior: The deduction for charitable contributions underwrites generosity.
23. He arrived at the solution by a simple process of deduction.
24. The interest I receive on my savings account is paid after the deduction of tax.
25. She arrived at the solution by a simple process of deduction.
26. The detective has to discover the murderer by logical deduction.
27. Less trivial examples will be more complicated, but the roles played by observation, induction and deduction remain essentially the same.
28. For children with formal operations, combinatorial reasoning is an instrument for conclusive deduction.
29. Forbes would eliminate all loopholes, including the popular mortgage interest deduction aimed at encouraging home ownership.
30. Because of this, people make the attractive and easy deduction that those behind bars constitute our most serious criminals.
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