deduction
Reasoning from evidence
Deduction is something subtracted or taken away: tax deductions, payroll deductions.
The word also names a form of reasoning that moves from general principles to specific conclusions—if all humans are mortal and Socrates is human, Socrates is mortal.
This contrasts with induction, which reasons from specific observations to general principles.
In casual use, deduction often just means any logical inference: My deduction is that she left early.
Iconic Victorian-era investigator
- HolmesFictional London investigator
- clueSolving aid
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- eliminateRemove completely
solve · case · alibi · suspect · culprit · sleuth · investigation · mystery
Federal tax collector
- exemptionRelease from requirement
- withholdingKeeping from another
- creditsUnits toward graduation
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
brackets · filing · returns · audit · accountant · 1040 · W-2 · itemize
End or infer
- inferDerive by reasoning
- reasonBasis or justification
- syllogismFormal deductive argument structure
- premiseFoundation for logical argument
corollary · implication · conjecture · logical · hypothesis · assumption · derive · extrapolate
Self-evident starting principle
- postulateAssumed starting point
- proofDemonstration of truth
- theoremDemonstrated logical conclusion
- formalFollowing strict protocol
validity · soundness · propositional · predicate · negation · conjunction · implication · derivation
Payment for work
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
- withholdingKeeping from another
- garnishmentCourt-ordered debt collection
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
insurance · retirement · 401k · pension · net pay · gross pay · contribution · healthcare
Sherlock
Iconic Victorian-era investigator
eliminate · solve · case · alibi · suspect · culprit · sleuth · investigation · mystery · whodunit
IRS
Federal tax collector
- exemptionRelease from requirement
- withholdingKeeping from another
- creditsUnits toward graduation
income · brackets · filing · returns · audit · accountant · 1040 · W-2 · itemize · charitable
conclude
End or infer
premise · corollary · implication · conjecture · logical · hypothesis · assumption · derive · extrapolate · analogize
axiom
Self-evident starting principle
formal · validity · soundness · propositional · predicate · negation · conjunction · implication · derivation · completeness
wages
Payment for work
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
- withholdingKeeping from another
- garnishmentCourt-ordered debt collection
benefits · insurance · retirement · 401k · pension · net pay · gross pay · contribution · healthcare · union dues
- logic puzzlessudoku, skyscraper, tapa, cave, corral
- philosophy termstruth, reason, knowledge, wisdom, logic
- taxationtax, income tax, sales tax, tax return, tax refund
- tax breakstax break, tax breaks, tax credit, tax benefits, tax relief
- tax terms1040, W-2, 1099, W-4, tax refund
- problem-solvingproblem solving, puzzles, riddles, logic, solutions
deductionaddition
Joining quantities mathematically
increase · augmentation · increment · accrual · gain
deductioninduction
Formal admission process
inductive reasoning · wild guess · guess · generalization · guesswork
- tax deductionsAmounts reducing taxable income
- charitable deductionTax reduction for donations
- payroll deductionSum subtracted from wages
- business deductionsExpenses subtracted from revenue
- logical deductionDeriving conclusions from premises
- allowable deductionsExpenses reducing tax burden