Advertisement
🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

免除

Pronunciation / Transliteration: miǎnchú

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Exemption/ɪɡˈzɛmp.ʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
Full Thesaurus
🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这项新政策提供了税收免除。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The action of freeing or state of being free from an obligation or liability imposed on others.

    "Small businesses may qualify for a tax exemption under the new legislation."
  2. 2

    A specific amount subtracted from taxable income to reduce the total tax burden.

    "He claimed an additional exemption for his dependent child on his annual tax return."
Advertisement

Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum

Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'exemptio', stemming from 'eximere' meaning 'to take out, remove, or free from', combining 'ex-' (out) and 'emere' (to take). Entering Middle English via Old French in the 15th century, the term shifted from its physical sense of removal to its modern legal and administrative meaning of being freed from an obligation or liability.

Quick Vocabulary Retention Check

Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Exemption"?

Advertisement
Thesaurus & Synonyms Graph

Explore Nuanced Synonyms for "Exemption"

Discover exact matches, context-specific alternatives, and antonyms with intensity ratings in the VocabDictionary Thesaurus.

View "Exemption" Synonym Map
Advertisement