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to untax

to untax

1 8.2
To stop charging a government fee on goods or services
  • verb
  • /ʌnˈtæks/
translation icon : eximir de impuestos
  • The new policy aims to untax certain types of renewable energy projects to encourage more sustainable practices.
  • income should go untaxed
  • go untaxed

Examples

  • Many small businesses can benefit when the government decides to untax them, allowing for growth and increased investment.

  • That means that every dollar above that cap is untaxed to pay for Social Security.

    Blog text (23)

  • Only the parts used for instruction or administration are untaxed.

    Blog text (24)

  • Wages, savings, and investment would be untaxed.

    Blog text (10)

  • Does it make sense that a multimillion-dollar income should go untaxed year after year?

    Nashville (1975)

  • Does it make sense that the churches should remain untaxed on their vast holdings of land and corporate investments?

    Nashville (1975)

  • In Philadelphia, much of the property in the city goes untaxed because it is held by non-profits.

    Blog text (29)

  • If they bring home a portion of the cash, will the government look at that as taxed or untaxed?

    Blog text (27)

  • When inequality widens, as it has, more and more compensation goes untaxed, draining the Social Security system of funds.

    Blog text (23)

  • On the one hand, if you are a law-abiding taxpayer, you may think it's not fair that so much money goes untaxed while you pay your share.

    Blog text (32)

Antonyms

to tax
150 1.9

To make people pay money to the government on income or goods

How Taxed

to overtax
1 7.2
to tax
150 1.9
exempt
71 4.4
to untax
1 8.2

Surface Forms

untax infinitive
untaxed past
untaxed past participle
untaxing present participle
untaxes third person singular

Morphology

untax = tax (transparent) = un + tax

The negative prefix 'un-' is productively attached to the verb 'tax' to indicate removal or cessation of a tax, which is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word untax is made from the prefix un- meaning 'not' or 'remove' and the common word tax meaning a government 'charge'. So, to untax something is to 'remove a tax', much like untie means to remove a tie.