Exemption

  • 61exemption from jury duty — The release of a class of persons by force of statute from the general duty of serving as a juror. Such exemption is to be distinguished from an excuse granted a juror from service in a particular case or at a particular term of court. 31 Am J… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 62exemption from taxation — In the broad sense, all property not taxed; in a narrower sense, the grant of immunity, express or implied, to particular persons or corporations, or to persons or corporations of a particular class, from a tax upon property or an excise which… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 63exemption — noun Date: 14th century 1. the act of exempting or state of being exempt ; immunity 2. one that exempts or is exempted; especially a source or amount of income exempted from taxation …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 64exemption — noun a) An act of exempting. b) The state of being exempt; immunity …

    Wiktionary

  • 65exemption — Synonyms and related words: absolution, allowance, amnesty, cession, charter, circumscription, concession, diplomatic immunity, discharge, dispensation, exception, exclusion, exculpation, excuse, exoneration, extenuating circumstances, franchise …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 66Exemption —    Any form of immunity from taxation or other obligation to the state. Exemptions could be temporary or permanent. From the 14th century, permanent exemptions like exkousseia (q.v.) were granted by the emperor (q.v.) with increasing frequency to …

    Historical dictionary of Byzantium

  • 67exemption — ex emp·tion || pʃn n. freedom from a debt or obligation to which others are subject, release, exception, immunity …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 68exemption — n. Immunity, privilege, release, exception, freedom from liability …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 69exemption — noun (C) 1 (C) AmE the amount of money you are allowed to earn each year before you start to pay tax; personal allowance BrE 2 (C, U) permission not to do something you would normally have to do …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 70exemption — 1. The releasing of an individual from an obligation or responsibility. 2. A permitted deduction or exclusion from computations of taxable income …

    Auditor's dictionary