| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | abatement | a reduction or lessening |
| 2. | accounting reduction | a decrease recorded in accounts |
| 3. | allowance | an amount taken off |
| 4. | amortization | gradual reduction of a debt |
| 5. | appraisal | an evaluative judgment or estimate |
| 6. | assessment | an evaluative conclusion or estimate |
| 7. | assumption | something accepted without full proof |
| 8. | attrition | gradual reduction by loss |
| 9. | benefit reduction | a decrease in benefits |
| 10. | best guess | the most likely estimate |
| 11. | bottom line | the essential conclusion or result |
| 12. | calculation | a result reached by computing |
| 13. | chargeback | an amount subtracted or reversed |
| 14. | clawback | money taken back later |
| 15. | computation | a result from mathematical calculation |
| 16. | concession | a reduction or special allowance |
| 17. | conclusion | a judgment reached by reasoning |
| 18. | credit | an amount entered in favor |
| 19. | curtailment | a reduction by cutting back |
| 20. | cut | a reduction in amount |
| 21. | decrease | a lowering in amount |
| 22. | depletion | a reduction through use |
| 23. | depreciation | a reduction in value over time |
| 24. | derivation | something obtained by reasoning |
| 25. | diminution | a reduction in size or amount |
| 26. | discount | a reduction from the usual price |
| 27. | downward adjustment | a change to a lower amount |
| 28. | drop | a reduction or decline |
| 29. | educated guess | a reasoned but uncertain conclusion |
| 30. | elimination | the act of removing entirely |
| 31. | estimate | a rough calculated conclusion |
| 32. | evaluation | a judgment of value or quality |
| 33. | exclusion | something left out or removed |
| 34. | extrapolation | a conclusion beyond known data |
| 35. | fair inference | a reasonable conclusion from facts |
| 36. | fee reduction | a lowered fee amount |
| 37. | finding | a conclusion reached after examination |
| 38. | forgiveness | cancellation of an amount owed |
| 39. | generalization | a broad conclusion from examples |
| 40. | guess | an uncertain conclusion or estimate |
| 41. | haircut | a reduction in stated value |
| 42. | hypothesis | a proposed explanation or conclusion |
| 43. | idea | a thought or inferred notion |
| 44. | impression | a feeling or inferred judgment |
| 45. | induction | reasoning from specific cases |
| 46. | inference | a conclusion drawn from evidence |
| 47. | inferment | the act of inferring |
| 48. | interpretation | an understood meaning or conclusion |
| 49. | itemized reduction | a listed amount taken off |
| 50. | judgment | an opinion formed after thought |
| 51. | justified conclusion | a conclusion supported by evidence |
| 52. | lessening | a reduction in degree or amount |
| 53. | logic | reasoning based on valid principles |
| 54. | logical conclusion | a conclusion supported by reasoning |
| 55. | lowering | a reduction to a lower level |
| 56. | natural inference | an obvious conclusion from facts |
| 57. | net result | the final result after changes |
| 58. | notion | a general belief or inference |
| 59. | offset | an amount balancing another |
| 60. | opinion | a personal conclusion or belief |
| 61. | paring | a cutting down or reduction |
| 62. | pay cut | a reduction in pay |
| 63. | presumption | a belief accepted as likely |
| 64. | pretax reduction | an amount removed before tax |
| 65. | price cut | a reduction in price |
| 66. | provisional finding | a temporary conclusion |
| 67. | reading | an interpretation of facts or signs |
| 68. | reasoning | the process of logical thinking |
| 69. | rebate | money returned after payment |
| 70. | reckoning | a judgment or calculated estimate |
| 71. | reduction | a decrease in amount |
| 72. | relief | a reduction in burden or tax |
| 73. | remission | cancellation or reduction of payment |
| 74. | removal | the taking away of something |
| 75. | sense | an inferred meaning or understanding |
| 76. | setoff | a sum deducted from another |
| 77. | shrinkage | a reduction in size or amount |
| 78. | speculation | a tentative conclusion without certainty |
| 79. | subtraction | taking an amount away |
| 80. | summing-up | a brief concluding statement |
| 81. | supposition | an assumed conclusion or belief |
| 82. | surmise | a conclusion based on little evidence |
| 83. | take | a particular interpretation or view |
| 84. | takeaway | the main conclusion or lesson |
| 85. | taking away | the act of subtracting |
| 86. | tax break | a reduction in tax owed |
| 87. | tax write-off | an allowable tax reduction |
| 88. | tentative conclusion | a not yet final conclusion |
| 89. | theory | an explanatory conclusion or idea |
| 90. | trimming | a slight reduction |
| 91. | understanding | a conclusion about meaning or facts |
| 92. | upshot | the final outcome or conclusion |
| 93. | verdict | a formal decision or conclusion |
| 94. | view | a considered opinion or conclusion |
| 95. | wage cut | a reduction in wages |
| 96. | waiver | the voluntary giving up of |
| 97. | withdrawal | the act of taking back |
| 98. | withholding | an amount kept back |
| 99. | working theory | a provisional explanatory conclusion |
| 100. | write-off | an amount removed from accounts |