deduction

deducción, descuento

Cantidad que se resta de un total, especialmente del sueldo o de los ingresos sujetos a impuestos.

En inglés sencillo: An amount taken away from a total, especially your pay or the income on which you pay tax.

• Check the deductions on your payslip.
• She claimed a tax deduction for work expenses.
• My salary is lower after deductions.

Cómo se usa: deduction from something (There is a small deduction from my salary each month.); deduction for something (You may claim a deduction for certain expenses.)

Sinónimos: subtraction, reduction

Expresiones frecuentes: tax deduction, deduction from pay, claim a deduction, a small deduction

deducción

Uso de hechos y razonamiento para llegar a una conclusión, o la conclusión obtenida así.

En inglés sencillo: Using facts and careful thinking to work out an answer, or the answer you reach.

• He solved the puzzle by deduction.
• Your deduction fits all the facts.
• The detective made several deductions from the footprints.

Cómo se usa: deduction from something (Her deduction from the evidence proved correct.)

Sinónimos: reasoning, inference

Expresiones frecuentes: logical deduction, by deduction, make a deduction, a correct deduction