Associations to the word «Exempt»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
EXEMPT, adjective. Free from a duty or obligation.
EXEMPT, adjective. (of an employee or his position) Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime.
EXEMPT, adjective. (obsolete) Cut off; set apart.
EXEMPT, adjective. (obsolete) Extraordinary; exceptional.
EXEMPT, noun. One who has been released from something.
EXEMPT, noun. (historical) A type of French police officer.
EXEMPT, noun. (UK) One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an exon.
EXEMPT, verb. (transitive) To grant (someone) freedom or immunity from.
Dictionary definition
EXEMPT, verb. Grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam".
EXEMPT, verb. Grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class".
EXEMPT, adjective. (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".
EXEMPT, adjective. (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation; "the funds of nonprofit organizations are nontaxable"; "income exempt from taxation".
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.