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deductions

[/dɪˈdʌkʃənz/]
noun
deduções
1. amounts of money that are subtracted from a total, especially from wages or taxable income
Tax deductions reduce your taxable income.
As deduções fiscais reduzem sua renda tributável.
2. conclusions reached by reasoning from known facts or principles
The detective made several logical deductions from the evidence.
O detetive fez várias deduções lógicas a partir das evidências.
3. reductions in amount or value
There were significant deductions from the original price.
Houve deduções significativas do preço original.
Synonyms
subtractionsreductionsconclusionsinferencesdetractions
Antonyms
additionsincreasesassumptions

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
deduções
most common usage in business and tax contexts
São Paulo
descontos
alternative term used for financial deductions in some contexts
Portugal
deduções
standard term in Portuguese, used similarly to Brazil

Related Idioms & Phrases

tax deductions
itemized deductions
standard deduction
make a deduction from
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