exempt
gb/ɪɡzˈɛmpt/ us/ɪɡzˈɛmpt/
B2
Anglais
~ 7400
mentes, felmentett, mentesít, felment
B2
1
mentes
B1
felmentett
B2
Schéma d’usage :
[someone/something] is exempt from [something]
Low-income families are exempt from paying this fee.
Az alacsony jövedelmű családok mentesek e díj megfizetése alól.
Students with high grades may be exempt from the final exam.
A jó jegyeket szerző diákok felmentést kaphatnak a záróvizsga alól.
Religious organizations are often exempt from certain taxes.
Children under five are exempt from wearing the device.
Some imported goods are exempt from customs duties.
Exemples pédagogiques
He is exempt from military service.
Fel van mentve a katonai szolgálat alól.
People over 65 are exempt from this tax.
A 65 év felettiek mentesek ezen adó megfizetése alól.
Full-time students are exempt from the bus charge.
This product is exempt from import duty.
Volunteers are exempt from the normal work rules.
Erreur fréquente :
Learners often confuse "exempt" with "except." "Exempt" means "not required to do/pay something," while "except" means "not including." Another common mistake is using the wrong preposition: it is almost always "exempt from," not "exempt of" or "exempt to."
Sens
not required to do or pay
Collocations
be exempt from
|exempt from tax
|tax-exempt status
|exempt employees
|exempt from duty
Synonymes
not liable (Stresses that a person or thing is not legally responsible for a payment or duty.)
Antonymes
subject to (Emphasizes that the rule, duty, or payment does apply.)
Thèmes
law
|business
|government
|core_vocabulary
Définition
Not having to do something, or not having to pay something, that other people must do or pay.
Not legally or officially bound by a particular rule, duty, or payment that applies to others.
VERBE
C1
FORMAL
2
Schéma d’usage :
to exempt [someone/something] from [something]
The new law exempts small businesses from this reporting requirement.
Az új törvény mentesíti a kisvállalkozásokat e jelentési kötelezettség alól.
Students with medical notes were exempted from the fitness test.
Az orvosi igazolással rendelkező diákokat felmentették az erőnléti teszt alól.
The charity was exempted from paying local property taxes.
The policy exempts part-time workers from the dress code rules.
Officials agreed to exempt low-emission vehicles from the congestion charge.
Exemples pédagogiques
The school will exempt sick students from the test.
Az iskola felmenti a beteg diákokat a teszt alól.
The city wants to exempt poor families from the fee.
A város mentesíteni akarja a szegény családokat a díj alól.
The company exempted him from weekend work.
The law exempts farmers from this rule.
They asked the government to exempt small shops from the tax.
Erreur fréquente :
Learners sometimes use the verb without the preposition "from," e.g. *"The law exempts students the exam"* instead of "exempts students from the exam." Another error is using it where a simple verb like "excuse" or "free" is more natural in informal speech.
Sens
to free from a requirement
Collocations
exempt someone from tax
|exempt companies from regulations
|exempt students from the exam
|exempt employees from overtime
|exempt certain groups from fees
Synonymes
excuse (More general and less formal; can be social or personal, not only legal or official.)
Antonymes
obligate (Means to make someone legally or morally bound to do something.)
Thèmes
law
|government
|work
|business
|core_vocabulary
Définition
To say by law or by rule that someone does not have to do something or pay something.
To officially free someone or something from having to obey a rule, perform a duty, or make a payment that normally applies.
Grammaire
Forme canonique
exempt
API
GB/ɪɡzˈɛmpt/
US/ɪɡzˈɛmpt/
Syllabes et accentuation
ex - empt (2 syllabes)
Stress on 2nd syllable (empt)
Formes du mot
Adjective
- Base: exempt
Verb
- Base: exempt
- 3rd Person Singular: exempts
- Present Participle: exempting
- Past: exempted
Famille de mots
Forms
exempts
verb
exempting
verb
exempted
verb
Core family
exemption
noun B2
Negative and opposite forms
nonexempt
adjective
Expressions
be exempt from
1/bˈi ɪɡzˈɛmpt fɹˈʌm/
fixed phrase
not have a rule apply to you
To not have to follow a rule, do a duty, or pay something because a special rule says you do not have to.
Exemples
- Employees who work fewer than ten hours a week are be exempt from the policy.
- Some foods are be exempt from sales tax.
- Full-time students may be exempt from council tax in the UK.
tax-exempt
1/tˈæks ɪɡzˈɛmpt/
fixed phrase
formal
not required to pay tax
Not having to pay a tax because the law gives a special status.
Exemples
- Donations to the organization are tax-exempt.
- The fund invests mainly in tax-exempt municipal bonds.
- They applied for tax-exempt status as a charity.