Definitions for "Reductive"
Wine in an unevolved, unoxidised state is said to be 'reductive'; usually with a tight, sometimes unyielding character. Reductive methods (inert gas to cloak grape must is used, especially in white-wine making, to inhibit oxidation.
characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment; "their views of life were reductive and depreciabory" - R.H.Rovere
Keywords:  tending, power, effect
Tending to reduce; having the power or effect of reducing.
That which is deducted while also reducing Federal income tax subject gross by an amount equal to the amount of the deduction.
Keywords:  agent
A reductive agent.