'deduction' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'deduction' with 1 example sentences.
- deduction noun
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: a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket
: an amount or percentage deducted
: something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
: reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
: the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
: the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
The tax agent allowed the deduction.