exempt

/ig'zempt/
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exempt

The nonprofit organization's funds are exempt from taxation.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Not subject to a rule, obligation, or payment: Describes a person, organization, or thing that is officially freed from a requirement that applies to others.
    • Not liable or responsible: Indicates a special status that releases someone from a duty or burden.

  2. Verb:

    • To free someone from an obligation or rule: The action of officially granting someone an exemption.
    • To release from a requirement: To formally relieve a person or entity from a duty, tax, or condition.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective:

    • Charitable organizations are often exempt from paying property taxes.
    • Diplomats are exempt from certain local laws.
    • This income is exempt from taxation.

  • Verb:

    • The new law will exempt small businesses from the regulation.
    • The professor exempted the student from the final exam due to excellent coursework.
    • Can the court exempt him from jury service?
Advanced Usage
  • "to be exempt from": This is the standard prepositional phrase used with the adjective.
    • The software is exempt from the usual licensing fees.
  • "to exempt someone/something from something": This is the standard verb pattern.
    • The treaty exempts military personnel from prosecution.
Variants and Related Words
  • Exemption (n): The state of being exempt, or the official document granting this status.
    • She applied for a tax exemption.
  • Nonexempt (adj): Not exempt; subject to the usual rules or taxes.
    • Most employees are nonexempt and qualify for overtime pay.
Synonyms
  • Immune: Protected or exempt, especially from disease or legal process.
  • Excused: Allowed to be absent or freed from a duty.
  • Free (from): Not subject to or affected by something.
  • Relieved (of): Formally released from a duty or burden.
Related Phrasal Verbs / Constructions

(The word "exempt" itself is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions. Its meaning is typically expressed through the patterns shown in "Advanced Usage.")

Related Idioms
  • Exempt status: A formal designation indicating freedom from a rule or tax.
    • The organization applied for exempt status with the tax authority.
exempt

The nonprofit organization's funds are exempt from taxation.

Adjective
  1. (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation
    • the funds of nonprofit organizations are nontaxable
    • income exempt from taxation
  2. (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject
    • a beauty somehow exempt from the aging process
    • exempt from jury duty
    • only the very poorest citizens should be exempt from income taxes
Verb
  1. grant exemption or release to
    • Please excuse me from this class
  2. grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
    • She exempted me from the exam

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