meaning of deduction
1. Act or process of deducing or inferring.
2. Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend.
3. That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion.
4. That which is deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, a deduction from the yearly rent.
5. the act of subtracting removing a part from the whole; "he complained about the subtraction of money from their
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