Both Uses
deduction
in
Hillbilly Elegy
(Edited)
- Every two weeks, I'd get a small paycheck and notice the line where federal and state income taxes were deducted from my wages.
p. 139.9 *deducted = subtracted
- But I used my powers of deduction to determine that those were two separate kinds of white wine.
p. 211.5 *deduction = logical reasoning
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
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)