nonresident
Americanadjective
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not resident in a particular place.
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not residing where official duties require a person to reside.
noun
noun
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a person who is not residing in the place implied or specified
the hotel restaurant is open to nonresidents
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a British person employed abroad on a contract for a minimum of one year, who is exempt from UK income tax provided that he does not spend more than 90 days in the UK during that tax year
adjective
Other Word Forms
- nonresidence noun
- nonresidency noun
Etymology
Origin of nonresident
Example Sentences
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“Low-income people actually do pay significantly less in taxes than higher-income people do,” said Howard Gleckman, a nonresident fellow at the Tax Policy Center.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026
“It is a relationship that is kind of below the radar but it is a relationship that exists,” said Elizabeth Tsurkov, a nonresident fellow at the Washington-based New Lines Institute, who studies Kurdish groups.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
About the author: Ben Cahill is a nonresident fellow at the Arab Gulf states Institute and a regular contributor to Barron’s.
From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026
Mr. Lane is the author of “Freedom’s Detective” and a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
Accordingly, only so long as the property affected has been brought under control of the Court, will a judgment obtained thereto without personal notice to a nonresident defendant be effective.
From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Corwin, Edward Samuel
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