noun
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a reduction from a usual or list price or a deduction from a debt, allowed for paying promptly or in cash; discount.
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an act or instance of conceding, granting or yielding.
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the exempting from an individual's taxable income of a specified sum for the taxpayer and each dependent; exemption.
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the sum specified as exempted.
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that which is excluded (for some purpose or on some basis).