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Definition of exempt adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

exempt

adjective
 
/ɪɡˈzempt/
 
/ɪɡˈzempt/
[not before noun]
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  1. exempt (from something) if somebody/something is exempt from something, they are not affected by it, do not have to do it, pay it, etc.
    • The interest on the money is exempt from tax.
    • Some students are exempt from certain exams.
    • Infant mortality was extremely high and the upper classes were not exempt.
    • Research might be considered exempt from regulation.
    • This income is totally exempt from taxation.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • become
    • remain
    adverb
    • completely
    • entirely
    • fully
    preposition
    • from
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin exemptus ‘taken out, freed’, past participle of eximere.
See exempt in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee exempt in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

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