Fill in the blanks with suitable Homonyms : Government has at last agreed to __________ excise duty on cloth.
waive
Words that sound alike but differ in meaning and spelling must be chosen by context.
‘Waive’ means to give up a right or claim, or to not enforce a charge or rule. ‘to waive excise duty on cloth’ means the government will not collect that tax — the natural meaning of the sentence.
‘Wave’ means to move the hand to and fro or a moving ridge of water; ‘wave excise duty’ makes no sense. ‘Way’ is a noun meaning path or method and cannot follow ‘to’ as a verb. ‘Waif’ is a noun meaning a homeless, neglected child.
Only one sound-alike word means to give up or not levy a charge.
waive option is correct.
Similar Questions
Fill in the blanks using the suitable homophones from the options given below :
Though Indian Farmers earn a good yield, they cannot save much as they have several ______(1)______s to support. They are ______(2)______ on the rains even now in the age of scientific agriculture. ______(3)______ Agriculturist, Dr. M.S. Swaminathan has given many suggestions to improve fertility of the soil still an outbreak of flood seems ______(4)______ in some areas which affects the yield.
(a) Eminent
(b) Imminent
(c) Dependant
(d) Dependent
Pick out the pair of words which sounds the same.
road, course
(a) roed, curse
(b) road, coarse
(c) rode, coarse
(d) rowed, coarse
Important Questions from Homophones
Fill in the blank with the appropriate homonym :
He left the meeting in a fit of __________ .
Fill in the blank with the appropriate homonym :
A __________ gives us his words of wisdom.
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
Our ______ is a man of ______.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
I don't know ______ you would like my suggestion. But the ______ is bad and you shouldn't go out at this time of the night.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate homonym :
He edits a ____________ weekly journal.
