tax-free
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of tax-free
Example Sentences
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“For upper-middle-class families whose kids won’t touch the money, it’s a real tax-free growth engine,” says Matt Chancey, a financial planner and founder of Tax Alpha Companies in Winter Park, Fla.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
The NBCUniversal spin-off is envisioned as a tax-free transaction for shareholders, providing a short-term buffer from deal-making to preserve that structure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
The cable and entertainment company, home to “Saturday Night Live,” “Law & Order” and Bravo, aims to complete a tax-free spinoff of NBCUniversal and Sky, establishing a pure-play media company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Comcast plans a tax-free spinoff of the NBCUniversal and Sky business to its shareholders in around a year’s time.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
He returned to Boston in the summer of 1991 to receive his MacArthur “genius” grant, which brightened his mood because he had a good use for the $220,000 tax-free award—it would go straight to PIH.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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