Scrabble?! DEDUCTION

Definitions of DEDUCTION in various dictionaries:

noun - a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated

noun - an amount or percentage deducted

noun - something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)

noun - reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

noun - the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)

noun - the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise

The act of deducting; subtraction.

An amount that is or may be deducted: tax deductions.

The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.

Logic.

The process of reasoning in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the stated premises; inference by reasoning from the general to the specific.

A conclusion reached by this process.