exempt
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle French exempt, from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
exempt (not comparable)
- Free from a duty or obligation.
- In their country all women are exempt from military service.
- His income is so small that it is exempt from tax.
- 1679, John Dryden, Oedipus
- 'Tis laid on all, not any one exempt.
- (of an employee or his position) Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime.
- (obsolete) Cut off; set apart.
- 1591, William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene iv]:
- corrupted, and exempt from ancient gentry
- (obsolete) Extraordinary; exceptional.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chapman to this entry?)
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
free from duty or obligation
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not entitled to overtime pay
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NounEdit
exempt (plural exempts)
- One who has been released from something.
- (historical) A type of French police officer.
- 1840, William Makepeace Thackeray, ‘Cartouche’, The Paris Sketch Book:
- with this he slipped through the exempts quite unsuspected, and bade adieu to the Lazarists and his honest father […].
- 1840, William Makepeace Thackeray, ‘Cartouche’, The Paris Sketch Book:
- (Britain) One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an exon.
TranslationsEdit
one who has been released from something
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VerbEdit
exempt (third-person singular simple present exempts, present participle exempting, simple past and past participle exempted)
- (transitive) To grant (someone) freedom or immunity from.
- Citizens over 45 years of age were exempted from military service.
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
to grant freedom or immunity from
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
AdjectiveEdit
exempt (feminine exempta, masculine plural exempts, feminine plural exemptes)
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “exempt” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
exempt (feminine singular exempte, masculine plural exempts, feminine plural exemptes)
NounEdit
exempt m (plural exempts)
- exempt, (type of) policeman
- 1844, Alexandre Dumas, Les Trois Mousquetaires, XIII:
- « Suivez-moi, dit un exempt qui venait à la suite des gardes.
- 1844, Alexandre Dumas, Les Trois Mousquetaires, XIII:
Further readingEdit
- “exempt” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō.
AdjectiveEdit
exempt m (feminine singular exempte, masculine plural exempts, feminine plural exemptes)