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adjective

• (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree

adverb

• used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs, indicates that the adjective or adverb is less of something

• comparative of little

adjective satellite

• (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality

• (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer

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noun

• the act of removing

• dismissal from office

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noun

• a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket

• an amount or percentage deducted

• something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)

• reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

• the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)

• the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise

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Clue Last Found In...

Source #Number Answer
New York Times26 May 2017 Across 44
The Guardian Quick30 Sep 2016 Across 9
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