exemption
noun/ɪɡˈzempʃn/
/ɪɡˈzempʃn/
- [uncountable, countable] exemption (from something) official permission not to do something or pay something that you would normally have to do or pay
- She was given exemption from the final examination.
Extra Examples- The exemption applies to home buyers.
- The owner was granted an exemption from the law and the painting was exported.
- There are parking restrictions in the city centre with exemptions for disabled drivers.
- They enjoyed exemption from customs duties on goods to be used by themselves.
- religious exemptions from statutes and administrative rules
- Charities are granted exemption from income tax.
- He applied for exemption from military service.
- Several countries requested a temporary exemption from EU environmental legislation.
- The contract contains an exemption clause.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- full
- total
- …
- be entitled to
- be subject to
- enjoy
- …
- apply (to somebody/something)
- cover somebody/something
- relate to somebody/something
- …
- clause
- exemption for
- exemption from
- exemption on
- …
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- [countable] a part of your income that you do not have to pay tax on
- a tax exemption on money donated to charity
- tax exemptions on gifts to spouses
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- full
- total
- …
- be entitled to
- be subject to
- enjoy
- …
- apply (to somebody/something)
- cover somebody/something
- relate to somebody/something
- …
- clause
- exemption for
- exemption from
- exemption on
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin exemptio(n-), from eximere ‘take out, free’.
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