exempt

exempt, dispensé

Qui n’est pas obligé de respecter une règle ou de payer une somme exigée des autres.

En anglais simple : Not required to follow a particular rule or pay something that other people must.

• Some students are exempt from fees.
• This income is exempt from tax.
• Are older workers exempt from the new requirement?

Comment l'utiliser : be exempt from something (Children under five are exempt from the entrance fee.)

Synonymes : excused

Contraires : liable

Expressions courantes : exempt from tax, exempt from something, tax exempt

exempter, dispenser

Autoriser officiellement quelqu’un à ne pas respecter une règle, accomplir une obligation ou payer une somme.

En anglais simple : To officially allow someone not to follow a rule, do a duty, or pay a charge.

• The school exempts younger children.
• The government exempted charities from the charge.
• Does this rule exempt you from paying?

Comment l'utiliser : exempt someone/something from something (The law exempts small businesses from this tax.)

Synonymes : excuse, release

Expressions courantes : exempt someone, exempt someone from something, exempt certain groups

dispensé

Personne qui n’est pas obligée de faire quelque chose imposé aux autres.

En anglais simple : A person who does not have to do something that others are required to do.

• He was listed as an exempt.
• The clerk recorded the names of all exempts.
• Each exempt had to provide proof of release from service.

Expressions courantes : an exempt, registered exempt, classified as exempt