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tax-free

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

exempt from taxation

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

(of goods or funds) not taxed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • tax-exempt bonds
  • an untaxed expense account

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tax-exempt, untaxed

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English tax Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijwaz Proto-West Germanic *friu Old English frēo Middle English -fre English -free English tax-free From tax + -free.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: освободен от данъци (osvoboden ot danǎci) — exempt from taxation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 免稅 /免税 (miǎnshuì) — exempt from taxation
  • Danish: afgiftsfri — exempt from taxation
  • Danish: toldfri — exempt from taxation
  • Danish: taxfree — exempt from taxation
  • Dutch: belastingvrij — exempt from taxation
  • Dutch: taxfree — exempt from taxation
  • Finnish: verovapaa — exempt from taxation
  • French: exempt d'impôt — exempt from taxation
  • Galician: exento — exempt from taxation
  • German: zollfrei — exempt from taxation
  • German: abgabenfrei — exempt from taxation
  • Ancient Greek: ἀτελής (atelḗs) — exempt from taxation
  • Hungarian: adómentes — exempt from taxation
  • Japanese: 無税 (muzei) — exempt from taxation
  • Japanese: 非課税の (hikazei no) — exempt from taxation
  • Marathi: करमुक्त (karmukta) — exempt from taxation
  • Russian: безнало́говый (beznalógovyj) — exempt from taxation
  • Russian: не облага́емый нало́гом (ne oblagájemyj nalógom) — exempt from taxation
  • Russian: свобо́дный от нало́га (svobódnyj ot nalóga) — exempt from taxation
  • Ukrainian: який не підлягає оподаткуванню (jakyj ne pidljahaje opodatkuvannju) — exempt from taxation
Real reading context

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