| deduction | | |
| deduction, tax deduction, tax write-off | (n.) | a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket. |
| deduction, discount | (n.) | an amount or percentage deducted. |
| deduction, entailment, implication | (n.) | something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied).; "his resignation had political implications" |
| deduction, deductive reasoning, synthesis | (n.) | reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect). |
| deduction, subtraction | (n.) | the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole).; "he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks" |
| deduction, discount, price reduction | (n.) | the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise. |
| reduce | | |
| bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down | (v.) | cut down on; make a reduction in.; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" |
| reduce | (v.) | make less complex.; "reduce a problem to a single question" |
| reduce | (v.) | bring to humbler or weaker state or condition.; "He reduced the population to slavery" |
| reduce | (v.) | simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another. |
| reduce | (v.) | lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation.; "She reduced her niece to a servant" |
| boil down, come down, reduce | (v.) | be the essential element.; "The proposal boils down to a compromise" |
| reduce, shrink | (v.) | reduce in size; reduce physically.; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?" |
| reduce | (v.) | lessen and make more modest.; "reduce one's standard of living" |
| reduce, scale down | (v.) | make smaller.; "reduce an image" |
| deoxidise, deoxidize, reduce | (v.) | to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons. |
| reduce, tighten | (v.) | narrow or limit.; "reduce the influx of foreigners" |
| keep down, quash, reduce, repress, subdue, subjugate | (v.) | put down by force or intimidation.; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land" |
| reduce | (v.) | undergo meiosis.; "The cells reduce" |
| reduce | (v.) | reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site. |
| reduce | (v.) | destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it. |
| abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten | (v.) | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.; "The manuscript must be shortened" |
| boil down, concentrate, decoct, reduce | (v.) | be cooked until very little liquid is left.; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" |
| boil down, concentrate, reduce | (v.) | cook until very little liquid is left.; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time" |
| cut, dilute, reduce, thin, thin out | (v.) | lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture.; "cut bourbon" |
| lose weight, melt off, reduce, slenderize, slim, slim down, thin | (v.) | take off weight. |
| abate | | |
| abate, slack, slake | (v.) | make less active or intense. |
| abate, die away, let up, slack, slack off | (v.) | become less in amount or intensity.; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours" |
| subside | | |
| lessen, subside | (v.) | wear off or die down.; "The pain subsided" |
| subside | (v.) | sink to a lower level or form a depression.; "the valleys subside" |
| settle, subside | (v.) | sink down or precipitate.; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm" |
| sink, subside | (v.) | descend into or as if into some soft substance or place.; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair" |
| minimize | | |
| minimise, minimize | (v.) | make small or insignificant.; "Let's minimize the risk" |
| downplay, minimise, minimize, understate | (v.) | represent as less significant or important. |
| belittle, denigrate, derogate, minimize | (v.) | cause to seem less serious; play down.; "Don't belittle his influence" |
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