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exempt adjective /ɪɡˈzempt/ /ɪɡˈzempt/ [not before noun] jump to other results - 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 DictionaryverbsadverbprepositionSee full entry Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin exemptus ‘taken out, freed’, past participle of eximere.
exempt verb /ɪɡˈzempt/ /ɪɡˈzempt/ (formal) jump to other results - to give somebody official permission not to do something or not to pay something they would normally have to do or pay; to cause somebody to get this official permission
- exempt somebody/something (from doing something) Charities were exempted from paying the tax.
- exempt somebody/something from something His bad eyesight exempted him from military service.
- Small businesses are expressly exempted from the requirements of this legislation.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryadverbprepositionSee full entry Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin exemptus ‘taken out, freed’, past participle of eximere.
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