exempt
adjective/ɪɡˈzempt/
/ɪɡˈzempt/
[not before noun]- 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
- …
- completely
- entirely
- fully
- …
- from
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin exemptus ‘taken out, freed’, past participle of eximere.Definitions on the go
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