Origin of Exempt
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Middle English exempten from Old French exempter from exempt exempt from Latin exemptus past participle of eximere to take out example
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle French exempt, from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō. The employement sense is due to the position's exemption from provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
See AlsoCAO - Real Property Tax ExcemptionWhat is a homestead exemption? - Alabama Department of RevenueHomestead Exemptions - Alabama Department of RevenueProperty Tax Incentives - Alabama Department of RevenueFrom Wiktionary
Exempt Sentence Examples
He is also exempt from serving in the reserve forces or on a jury.
Most of the birds he describes are characterized with accuracy sufficient to enable them to be identified, and his observations upon them have still some interest; but he was innocent of any methodical system, and was not exempt from most of the professional fallacies of his time.'
The homestead of any family in the state is exempt from attachment, lien or forced sale, except for taxes or purchase money, provided it has been properly recorded; but it can embrace only one dwelling house, cannot include gold or silver mines, and is limited in value to $5000 to one acre if within a town plat, to 40 acres if it is in the country and was acquired under the laws of the United States relating to mineral lands, and to 160 acres of other land in the country.
The grounds for the music hall were given by the city and are perpetually exempt from taxation.
Heavy falls of snow in June are not uncommon, and only for a short time towards the end of July are the nights totally exempt from light frosts.
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