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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++de·duc·tion /dɪˈdʌkʃən/ ●○○ AWL noun [countable, uncountable]  1 DECIDEthe process of using the knowledge or information you have in order to understand something or form an opinion, or the opinion that you form 推论,推断,演绎 Children will soon make deductions about the meaning of a word. 儿童不久就能推断词义了。2 COUNT/CALCULATEthe process of taking away an amount from a total, or the amount that is taken away 扣除;扣除额 After deductions for tax etc, your salary is about £700 a month. 扣除税款等之后,你的月薪大约有700英镑。
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deductionThe amount of income left over after deduction of this taxation is known as disposable income.The game teaches children logic and deduction.It is subject to tax, superannuation and national insurance deductions - unlike State Sickness Benefit.Still, concern about home-buying is why Alexander charges that eliminating the mortgage interest deduction would cause a real-estate crash.And now, thanks to a very neat bit of deduction, you know.Does it have an offsetting deduction?And if the Clinton administration does succeed in withdrawing the tax deduction?Credit notes can be exchanged before they mature but this does involve the deduction of a premium.But, of these, 82. 5 percent of taxpayers with incomes higher than $ 200,000 take the deduction.make deductionsIt means using evidence, making deductions, seeing conceptual connections and drawing conclusions.Meta-deduction depends on two components: an ability to make deductions, and an ability to construct reasoning strategies.Nowadays I am accustomed to making deductions from a single piece of clothing or personal item associated with a crime.It is nevertheless possible to make deductions about stages of language before historical records.A weekly tariff income is used to make deductions from income support for capital between these two sums.
From Longman Business Dictionarydeductionde‧duc‧tion /dɪˈdʌkʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable] the process of taking away an amount from a total, or the amount that is taken away income tax deduction standard deduction
de·duc·tion nounChineseSyllable
have process using the in Business Corpus you of knowledge the or information


deduction
deduction AC /dɪˈdʌkʃən/ noun [uncountable and countable]
 Word Family: adjective: deducible, deductive; verb: deduce; noun: deduction
1. the process of using the knowledge or information you have in order to understand something or form an opinion, or the opinion that you form:
    Children will soon make deductions about the meaning of a word.
2. the process of taking away an amount from a total, or the amount that is taken away:
    After deductions for tax etc, your salary is about £700 a month.


de·duc·tion AW BrE /dɪˈdʌkʃn/ 🔊NAmE /dɪˈdʌkʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable] the process of using information you have in order to understand a particular situation or to find the answer to a problem 演绎;推论;推理He arrived at the solution by a simple process of deduction. 他通过一番简单的推理得出了解决问题的方法。🔊🔊If my deductions are correct, I can tell you who the killer was. 如果我的推论正确的话,我可以告诉你谁是凶手。🔊🔊   compare induction (3)   see also deduce [uncountable, countable] the process of taking an amount of sth, especially money, away from a total; the amount that is taken away 扣除(额);减去(数)deductions from your pay for tax, etc.从工资中扣除税金等的数额tax deductions减税额

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