a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayers income bracket

[ Syn: tax write-off , tax deduction ]

an amount or percentage deducted

[ Syn: discount ]

something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); his resignation had political implications

[ Syn: entailment , implication ]

reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

[ Syn: deductive reasoning , synthesis ]

the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole); he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks

[ Syn: subtraction ]

the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise

[ Syn: discount , price reduction ]