All deduction synonyms

noun deduction

• discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
• abatement — Abatement means a reduction in the strength or power of something or the reduction of it.
• rebate — a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
• credit — If you are allowed credit, you are allowed to pay for goods or services several weeks or months after you have received them.
• reduction — the act of reducing or the state of being reduced.
• allowance — An allowance is money that is given to someone, usually on a regular basis, in order to help them pay for the things that they need.
• write-off — a cancellation from the accounts as a loss.
• inference — the act or process of inferring.
• deliberation — Deliberation is the long and careful consideration of a subject.
• result — to spring, arise, or proceed as a consequence of actions, circumstances, premises, etc.; be the outcome.
• meditation — the act of meditating.
• reasoning — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
• thinking — of or relating to thinking or thought.
• ratiocination — the process of logical reasoning.
• rumination — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
• assumption — If you make an assumption that something is true or will happen, you accept that it is true or will happen, often without any real proof.
• answer — When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.
• finding — an act of finding or discovering.
• corollary — A corollary of something is an idea, argument, or fact that results directly from it.
• musing — absorbed in thought; meditative.
• consideration — Consideration is careful thought about something.
• cogitation — concerted thought or reflection; meditation; contemplation: After hours of cogitation he came up with a new proposal.
• judgment — an act or instance of judging.
• reflection — the act of reflecting, as in casting back a light or heat, mirroring, or giving back or showing an image; the state of being reflected in this way.
• contemplation — thoughtful or long consideration or observation
• derivation — The derivation of something, especially a word, is its origin or source.
• thought — Informal. the act or a period of thinking: I want to sit down and give it a good think.
• consequence — The consequences of something are the results or effects of it.
• opinion — a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty.
• speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
• illation — the act of inferring.
• cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
• withdrawal — Also, withdrawment. the act or condition of withdrawing.
• removal — the act of removing.
• abstraction — An abstraction is a general idea rather than one relating to a particular object, person, or situation.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
• depreciation — the reduction in value of a fixed asset due to use, obsolescence, etc
• diminution — the act, fact, or process of diminishing; lessening; reduction.
• decrement — the act of decreasing; diminution
• dockage — a curtailment; deduction, as from wages.
• concluding — final
• inferring — to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence: They inferred his displeasure from his cool tone of voice.
• contribution — If you make a contribution to something, you do something to help make it successful or to produce it.
• mulling — to study or ruminate; ponder.
• payment — something that is paid; an amount paid; compensation; recompense.
• pondering — to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).
• conclusion — When you come to a conclusion, you decide that something is true after you have thought about it carefully and have considered all the relevant facts.
• sequitur — a conclusion that follows from the premises
• presumption — the act of presuming.