Question

added to sizable financial capacity, we also infer managements increased confidence in underlying business trends, said amobi.
source: businessweek
in this sentence, infer means to:

• reason by deduction
• replace with another
• give attention to
• dismiss from the mind

Explanation:

The word "infer" means to draw a conclusion by reasoning. In the given business - related sentence, based on the financial capacity, one reasons and concludes about management's confidence. "Reason by deduction" is closest to this meaning.

Answer:

A. reason by deduction