deduction

控除、天引き

総額から差し引く金額。特に給与や課税対象の所得から引くもの。

やさしい英語で： 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.

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

類義語： subtraction, reduction

よく使う表現： tax deduction, deduction from pay, claim a deduction, a small deduction

推論、演繹

事実をもとに筋道を立てて答えを導くこと。また、その答え。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： deduction from something (Her deduction from the evidence proved correct.)

類義語： reasoning, inference

よく使う表現： logical deduction, by deduction, make a deduction, a correct deduction