Both Uses of
deduction
in
Don Quixote
- The trembling clown replied that as he lived and by the oath he had sworn (though he had not sworn any) it was not so much; for there were to be taken into account and deducted three pairs of shoes he had given him, and a real for two blood-lettings when he was sick.†
Chpt 1.3-4 *deducted = subtracted
- Item, I leave all my property absolutely to Antonia Quixana my niece, here present, after all has been deducted from the most available portion of it that may be required to satisfy the bequests I have made.†
Chpt 2.73-74
Definitions:
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(1)
(deduction as in: deduction from the bill) an amount subtracted from another amount
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(2)
(deduction as in: logical deduction) reasoning to reach a logical conclusion; or a conclusion reached with logic