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- Dictionaryexempt/ɪɡˈzɛm(p)t/
adjective
- 1. free from an obligation or liability imposed on others: "these patients are exempt from all charges"
verb
- 1. free (a person or organization) from an obligation or liability imposed on others: "they were exempted from paying the tax"
noun
- 1. a person who is exempt from something, especially the payment of tax.
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EXEMPT definition: 1. to excuse someone or something from a duty, payment, etc.: 2. with special permission not to do…. Learn more.
The meaning of EXEMPT is free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject. How to use exempt in a sentence.
The adjective exempt traces back to the Latin word exemptus, meaning “to remove or take out” or “to free”. So if you are exempt, you are free of an obligation that others have to fulfill, such as paying taxes.
Exempt definition: to free from an obligation or liability to which others are subject; release. See examples of EXEMPT used in a sentence.
To exempt a person or thing from a particular rule, duty, or obligation means to state officially that they are not bound or affected by it.
adj. 1. Freed from an obligation, duty, or liability to which others are subject; excused: persons exempt from jury duty; income exempt from taxation; a beauty somehow exempt from the aging process. 2. Not subject to certain federal workplace laws or protections, especially those requiring overtime compensation: exempt employees. 3.
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.
EXEMPT definition: 1. with special permission not to have to do something or pay something: 2. to officially say that…. Learn more.
Exempt definition: To free from an obligation, duty, or liability to which others are subject.
adj. released from, or not subject to, an obligation, liability, etc.: organizations exempt from taxes. n. a person who is exempt from an obligation, duty, etc. British Terms (in Britain) exon. Old French exempter, derivative of exempt.
