tax-exempt
adjective
tax-ex·empt
ˌtaks-ig-ˈzem(p)t 
1
: exempted from a tax
2
: bearing interest that is free from federal or state income tax
Examples of tax-exempt in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Officials also demanded reforms to admissions and oversight of course content and threatened to remove its tax-exempt status.
—
Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The Secretary of the Treasury is tasked with disrupting financial networks funding political violence and ensuring organizations that support such activities lose their tax-exempt status.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
An even more financially catastrophic blow to a museum would be losing its tax-exempt status — something with which the president has threatened other nonprofits, such as Harvard University.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
While Vance’s critique of the Ford Foundation’s tax-exempt status was limited to its support of The Nation during his podcast appearance, other administration officials have provided clues as to how the government will conduct its scrutiny of liberal philanthropies.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tax-exempt
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The Secretary of the Treasury is tasked with disrupting financial networks funding political violence and ensuring organizations that support such activities lose their tax-exempt status.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
An even more financially catastrophic blow to a museum would be losing its tax-exempt status — something with which the president has threatened other nonprofits, such as Harvard University.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
While Vance’s critique of the Ford Foundation’s tax-exempt status was limited to its support of The Nation during his podcast appearance, other administration officials have provided clues as to how the government will conduct its scrutiny of liberal philanthropies.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tax-exempt
Cite this Entry
“Tax-exempt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tax-exempt. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share