deduction

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket
noun an amount or percentage deducted
noun something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)

From Middle French déduction, from Latin deductio. Equivalent to deduct + -ion or deduce + -tion.

I congratulate them on the deduction. — The Idiot, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
You see there are deductions for rations. — The Wouldbegoods: Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers, E. (Edith) Nesbit
For a Frenchman that deduction was indubitable. — War and Peace, Leo, graf Tolstoy

tax write-off, tax deduction

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