untaxedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈtakst/, U.S. /ˌənˈtækst/ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > assent > [adjective] > not assailed or challenged
untaxedc1460
unimpeached1583
c1460 Oseney Reg. 17 Ordeynyng þat all maner possessions..sure to yow..vntaxid abyde.
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. I4 In common speech, (which leaues no vertue vntaxed) hee was called..a diuider of Comine seede. View more context for this quotation
a1657 G. Daniel Poems (1878) II. 101 May not I,..To my best Child, Vtter a Truth vntax'd?
a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 76 A mistake that must not pass untaxed amongst learned men.
2. Not required to pay taxes.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [adjective] > free of tax or exempt
untaxed1464
taxlessa1618
untaxable1648
untaxed1846
unscotted1865
tax-exempt1925
sheltered1955
1464–5 in Acta Parl. Scotl. (1875) XII. 31/2 Any personis..within þe boundis of thare office vntaxt.
1746 T. Warton Progr. Discontent 119 I..din'd untax'd, untroubled, under The portrait of our pious founder.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. v. ii. 466 Those who exercise the untaxed employments. View more context for this quotation
1826 C. Lamb Wks. (1908) I. 389 The Beadle..looks like a whole parish, full, important—but untaxed.
1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi III. ix. iv. 215 To live unbutchered by the Barons, and untaxed by their governors.
Draft additions 1993
b. Of money or a commodity: not subject to taxation; that has not had tax paid on it.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [adjective] > free of tax or exempt
untaxed1464
taxlessa1618
untaxable1648
untaxed1846
unscotted1865
tax-exempt1925
sheltered1955
1846 Peel Speech 28 June in J. McCarthy Hist. Own Times (1879) I. xvi. 412 When [working men]..shall recreate their exhausted strength with abundant and untaxed food.
1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. ii. v. iii. § 5. 377 Incomes below a certain amount should be altogether untaxed.
1972 Times 18 May 26/4 I declare all such items of untaxed income in my annual return.
1989 Guardian 28 July 4/8 He..lost his driving licence after he and another man were caught by police driving a van which was untaxed and uninsured.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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