toqus
Picture Dictionary
English
한국어
Login
Register
🔍
deduction
noun
an
amount
of
money
subtracted
from
a
total
,
especially
from
income
or
salary
before
tax
is
applied
.
•
Employees
can
claim
a
tax
deduction
for
home
office
expenses
.
Employees
can
claim
a
tax
deduction
for
home
office
expenses
.
•
There
will
be
a
deduction
from
your
wages
for
the
damaged
equipment
.
There
will
be
a
deduction
from
your
wages
for
the
damaged
equipment
.
From
Middle
English
deduccion
,
borrowed
from
Old
French
deduction
,
from
Latin
dēductiōnem
,
accusative
of
dēductiō
(“
a
leading
down
or
away
”),
from
dēdūcō
,
dēdūcere
(“
to
lead
or
bring
down
or
away
”).
noun
the
process
of
reasoning
from
one
or
more
general
statements
to
reach
a
logically
certain
conclusion
.
•
By
a
process
of
deduction
,
the
detective
identified
the
culprit
.
By
a
process
of
deduction
,
the
detective
identified
the
culprit
.
•
The
philosopher
used
deduction
to
prove
his
theorem
.
The
philosopher
used
deduction
to
prove
his
theorem
.
From
Middle
English
deduccion
,
borrowed
from
Old
French
deduction
,
from
Latin
dēductiōnem
,
accusative
of
dēductiō
(“
a
leading
down
or
away
”),
from
dēdūcō
,
dēdūcere
(“
to
lead
or
bring
down
or
away
”).
