| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To acquit, absolve or exonerate.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle conjugation of the verb exempt.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Base (exemptly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the adjective exempt.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (exempt) | 1. Grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam".[Wordnet]. 2. Grant exemption or release to.[Wordnet]. 3. Base verb from the following inflections: exempting, exempted, exempts, exempter, exempters, exemptingly and exemptedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being redeeming.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "EXEMPTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1643. (references) |
Specialty Definition: EXEMPTING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Freeing from charge, duty, tax or evil; granting immunity to.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of exempt. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: exempt
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Exempt property | Exempt property, under the law of property in many jurisdictions, is property that can neither be passed by will nor claimed by creditors of the deceased in the event that a decedent leaves a surviving spouse or surviving descendants. Typically, exempt property includes a family car, and a certain amount of cash (perhaps $10,000-$20,000), or the equivalent value in personal property. (references) | ||
| Tax exempt status | Tax exempt status is a status granted to non-profit organization, such as churches and charities by the IRS, in reference to income tax. Orginizations which resell goods may be exempt from sales tax because they charge sales tax when they sell the item. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: exempt
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Conditionally Exempt Generators | Environment | Persons or enterprises which produce less than 220 pounds of hazardous waste per month. Exempt from most regulation, they are required merely to determine whether their waste is hazardous, notify appropriate state or local agencies, and ship it by an authorized transporter to a permitted facility for proper disposal. (See : small quantity generator.) (CE). (references) | |
| Exempt carrier | Energy | A for hire interstate operator [which] transports commodities or provides types of services that are exempt from federal regulation, could also operate within exempt commercial zones. (references) | |
| Exempt Commodity | Business | The Commodity Exchange Act defines an exempt commodity as any commodity other than an Excluded Commodity or an agricultural commodity. Examples include energy commodities and metals. (references) | |
| Exempt Foreign Firm | Business | A foreign firm that does business with US customers only on foreign exchanges and is exempt from registration under CFTC regulations based upon compliance with its home country’s regulatory framework (also known as a “Rule 30.10 firm”). See CFTC Backgrounder: Regulatory and Self-Regulatory Authorities That Have Received Exemptions Under CFTC Rule 30.10. (references) | |
| Exempt From Prompt Pay | Aerospace | A type of Prompt Pay Category. In accordance with OMB-Circular 125, payments must be made as soon as invoice is received. (references) | |
| Exempt intracity zone | Energy | The geographic area of a municipality or the commercial zone of that municipality described by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) in 49 CFR 1048, revised as of October 1, 1975. The descriptions are printed in appendix F to subchapter B of 49 CFR, Chapter III, Subchapter B. The term "exempt intracity zone" does not include any municipality or commercial zone in the State of Hawaii. For the purposes of 49 CFR 390.3(g), a driver may be considered to operate a vehicle wholly within an exempt intracity zone notwithstanding any common control, management, or arrangement for a continuous carriage or shipment to or from a point without such zone. (references) | |
| Exempt Land (USBR) | Administration | Irrigation land in a district to which the acreage limitation and pricing provisions of reclamation law do not apply. Also see Excess Land. (references) | |
| Exempt motor carrier | Energy | A person engaged in transportation exempt from economic regulation by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) under 49 U.S.C. 10526. "Exempt motor carriers" are subject to the safety regulations set forth in 49 CFR, Chapter III, Subchapter B. (references) | |
| Exempt Solvent | Environment | Specific organic compounds not subject to requirements of regulation because they are deemed by EPA to be of negligible photochemical reactivity. (references) | |
| Exempt Test | Health | Test that is considered to have such low risk to the patient that FDA does not require manufacturers to submit any premarket approval application or notification. (references) | |
| Exempt use (in the BWCAW) | Mining | Homeowners and their guests, and resort owners and their guests on particular lakes shall have access to that particular lake, and their entry shall not be counted against the day use quota. (references) | |
| Exempt wholesale generator | Energy | 1: An unregulated subsidiary of a power provider that is allowed to generate and sell wholesale power as an independent energy producer, and is exempt from the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935. (references) | |
| 2: Created under the 1992 Energy Policy Act, these wholesale generators are exempt from certain financial and legal restrictions stipulated in the Public Utilities Holding Company Act of 1935. (references) | |||
| Exempt wholesale generator (EWG) | Energy | Whole sale generators created under the 1992 Energy Policy Act that are exempt from certain financial and legal restrictions stipulated in the Public Utilities Holding Company Act of 1935. (references) | |
| Exempt wholesale generator (EWG) | Physics | A category of power producer defined by the Energy Policy Act of 1992. EWGs are independent power facilities that generate electricity for sale in wholesale power markets at market-based rates. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is responsible for determining EWG status. (references) | |
| Numerical Limit, Exempt from | Immigration | Those aliens accorded lawful permanent residence who are exempt from the provisions of the flexible numerical limit of 675,000 set by the Immigration Act of 1990. Exempt categories include immediate relatives of U.S. citizens, refugees, asylees (limited to 10,000 per year by section 209(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act), Amerasians, aliens adjusted under the legalization provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, and certain parolees from the former Soviet Union and Indochina. (references) | |
| Potentially exempt transfer | Law | In relation to inheritance tax, a gift made by an individual which is exempt from inheritance tax provided the donor survives for seven years. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Tax Exempt | Aerospace | A customer, business purpose, or item to which tax charges do not apply. (references) | |
| Tax exempt | Law | With no tax having to be paid. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: exempt | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Exempt property | 2 | Exempt property | 2 | |
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