exempt en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ɛɡˈzɛm(p)t/
- /ɪɡˈzɛmpt/
Etymology
From Middle French exempt, from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Free from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc.
Students were exempt from service in the armed forces.
His income is so small that it is exempt from tax.
In their country all women are exempt from military service.
Hear then this dreadful imprecation; hear it: / 'Tis lay'd on all; not any one exempt: […]
1679, [John] Dryden, [Nathaniel] Lee, Oedipus: A Tragedy. […], London: […] R. Bentley and M. Magnes […], →OCLC, Act I, page 15:
- (not-comparable, of an employee or his position) Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime.
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(not-comparable, obsolete) Cut off; set apart.
corrupted, and exempt from ancient gentry
1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
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(not-comparable, obsolete) Extraordinary; exceptional.
Dymas daughter, from comparison / Exempt in business naval
1614–1615, Homer, “The Sixth Book of Homer’s Odysseys”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volume I, London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, →OCLC:
Deriveds
nonexempt · non-exempt · transmisogyny-exempt · unexempt · tax-exempt
Translations (37)
cs oproštěný (free from duty or obligation) · ru освобождённый (free from duty or obligation) · mi hāmama (free from duty or obligation) · no fastlønnsansatt (not entitled to overtime pay) · tr muaf (free from duty or obligation) · ar مُعْفًى (free from duty or obligation) · fi vapautettu (free from duty or obligation) · ro scutit (free from duty or obligation) · es eximido (free from duty or obligation) · mi awere (free from duty or obligation) · sv undantagen (free from duty or obligation) · pl zwolniony (free from duty or obligation) · es exento (free from duty or obligation) · fa معاف (free from duty or obligation) · nb fri (free from duty or obligation) · fr exempt (free from duty or obligation) · ca exempt (free from duty or obligation) · hu felmentett (free from duty or obligation) · bg освободен (free from duty or obligation) · pt isento (free from duty or obligation) · da fritaget (free from duty or obligation) · it esente (free from duty or obligation) · hu mentes (free from duty or obligation) · nn friteke (free from duty or obligation) · de (Überstunden) abgegolten (not entitled to overtime pay) · ru свобо́дный (free from duty or obligation) · nb fritatt (free from duty or obligation) · ro dispensat (free from duty or obligation) · nn fri (free from duty or obligation) · he פָּטוּר (free from duty or obligation) · cs bez nároku na placené přesčasy (not entitled to overtime pay) · cs osvobozený (free from duty or obligation) · nn fritatt (free from duty or obligation) · mk осло́боден (free from duty or obligation) · de freigestellt (free from duty or obligation) · nl vrijgesteld (free from duty or obligation) · hit 𒀀𒊏𒌋𒉿𒀸 (free from duty or obligation)