noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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logical
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Here is an example of a logical deduction .
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And finally the detective must uncover the murderer by logical deduction from facts fairly put before the reader.
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An argument can be a perfectly logical deduction even if it involves a premise that is in fact false.
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Here the logical principle is deduction .
standard
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But today more than 70 % of taxpayers already use the simple one-page standard deduction .
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interest
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The mortgage interest deduction , for example, subsidizes home ownership, as does the deduction for property taxes.
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The mortgage interest deduction promotes home ownership.
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Forbes would eliminate all loopholes, including the popular mortgage interest deduction aimed at encouraging home ownership.
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Still, concern about home-buying is why Alexander charges that eliminating the mortgage interest deduction would cause a real-estate crash.
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If the corporation borrows the money, all these interest deductions can be claimed by it.
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Gramm and others argue that the mortgage interest deduction is too popular with middle-class families to discard.
tax
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Some hotels use accounting machines which can produce the payroll, tax deduction records and payslips simultaneously.
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The Senate bill would raise the tax deduction for health insurance bought by the self-employed.
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President Bill Clinton vetoed that, and proposed instead some small tax credits and tax deductions for higher education.
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The lessor benefits by obtaining tax deductions that would otherwise be unavailable.
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The Inland Revenue originally wanted the machinery ring to be responsible for tax deductions for such workers.
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Currently individuals can take a tax deduction of 20 to 40 percent for charitable donations.
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Now those who can prove conclusively that they are self-employed will be responsible for their own tax deductions and claims.
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Hefty tax deductions went to large families.
■ VERB
allow
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Unlike the income tax, however, Social Security taxes allow no deductions for spouses or other dependents.
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Our tax system has shifted relentlessly toward taxes that allow no deductions for family dependents.
claim
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No, because corporations can not claim a deduction for dividend distributions.
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Several of those clients said they knew nothing about IRAs or the claimed deductions .
eliminate
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Still, concern about home-buying is why Alexander charges that eliminating the mortgage interest deduction would cause a real-estate crash.
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In return for simplicity, it would eliminate popular deductions for charitable contributions, state and local taxes and home-mortgage interest.
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Some proposals, including Forbes', would eliminate all tax deductions .
make
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A company which refused to make attachment of earnings deductions against one poll tax offender, was fined £200 by magistrates.
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The other half is making the deduction worth something.
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A weekly tariff income is used to make deductions from income support for capital between these two sums.
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Nowadays I am accustomed to making deductions from a single piece of clothing or personal item associated with a crime.
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In such circumstances, the courts will usually make a deduction because you are receiving early payment.
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It is nevertheless possible to make deductions about stages of language before historical records.
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Holmes had made a deduction regarding Watson himself.
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Meta-deduction depends on two components: an ability to make deductions , and an ability to construct reasoning strategies.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The game teaches children logic and deduction .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And if the Clinton administration does succeed in withdrawing the tax deduction ?
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And now, thanks to a very neat bit of deduction , you know.
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But, of these, 82. 5 percent of taxpayers with incomes higher than $ 200, 000 take the deduction .
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Credit notes can be exchanged before they mature but this does involve the deduction of a premium.
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Does it have an offsetting deduction ?
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It is subject to tax, superannuation and national insurance deductions - unlike State Sickness Benefit.
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Still, concern about home-buying is why Alexander charges that eliminating the mortgage interest deduction would cause a real-estate crash.
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The amount of income left over after deduction of this taxation is known as disposable income.