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exempt Definition

ex·empt (eg zempt′, ig-)

transitive verb

to free from a rule or obligation which applies to others; excuse; release

Etymology: ME exempten < Anglo-Fr exempter < L exemptus, pp. of eximere, to take out: see example

adjective

not subject to or bound by a rule, obligation, etc. applying to others

Etymology: L exemptus

noun

an exempted person

exempt Related Forms
ex·empt′·ible adjective
exempt Synonyms

exempt

modif.

free, clear, privileged, excused, absolved, immune, not subject to, released from, not responsible for, void of, set apart, excluded, excepted, freed, cleared, liberated, spared, not liable, unrestrained, untrammeled, unrestricted, not restricted by, outside, off the hook*, grandfathered*.

Antonyms responsible*, liable*, subject.

exempt Synonyms

exempt

v.

release, spare, grant immunity, let off; see excuse.

exempt Law Definition

adj

Not subject to a responsibility held by others.
exempt Usage Examples

Object

  • cshcn: Conditional on the the effect of the market may obviously exempting cshcn.
  • advert: See the detailed guidance provided by the Office of Fair Trading for further details about exempted adverts.
  • pub: Currently, the Government plans to exempt pubs that do not serve prepared food from the smokefree legislation.
  • premise: The act exempts premises where the public operate the machines.

Modifies a noun

  • charity: An exempt charity is a charity falling within Schedule 2 to the 1993 Act.
  • supply: Exempt supplies where exemption has NOT been waived will of course remain exempt.
  • beneficiary: In IHT, a spouse is generally an exempt beneficiary.
  • transfer: It is also possible to put money into certain types of trust to create a potentially exempt transfer.
  • status: Now I know it was worth having - tax exempt status on all that vodka.
  • information: Part II of the Bill deals with exempt information.

Used with adjective complement

  • remain: Exempt supplies where exemption has NOT been waived will of course remain exempt.

Noun used with modifier

  • VAT: Now £ 13.46 ( VAT Exempt ) Was £ 17.95 Save £ 4.49 The Treatment Of Disease In TCM Vol.

Modifying Another Word

  • partly: In addition the rules for the recovery of VAT for partly exempt businesses making overseas supplies will be simplified.
  • potentially: It is also possible to put money into certain types of trust to create a potentially exempt transfer.

Preposition: from

  • IHT: Usually, gifts between husbands and wives, or civil partnership partners, are exempt from IHT in the UK.
  • disclosure: Some types of information will always be exempt from disclosure.
  • VAT: From January 1st 2000, all purchases of investment gold within the EU are exempt from VAT.
  • taxation: Start-up capital can be exempt from taxation for up to three years.
  • tax: The only heir exempt from the tax is your spouse - they can inherit any amount without paying tax.
  • taxis: Taxes - Payments from some bonds are exempt from federal taxes.
exempt Quotes

'A soldier,'cried my uncleToby, interrupting the corporal, 'isno more exempt fromsaying a foolishthing,Trim, than a man of letters.'ö'But not so often, an'please your honour,'replied the corporal.

—Sterne, Laurence