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
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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
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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
About the author: Ben Cahill is a nonresident senior associate in the Energy Security and Climate Change Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
“These social changes exist in a legal gray area,” said Andrew Leber, an assistant professor at Tulane University and a nonresident fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Middle East program.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
“Taiwan and Japan are on the very front line of China’s global ambitions,” said Wen-ti Sung, a Taipei-based nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
It has tended to save the new States from a nonresident proprietorship, one of the greatest obstacles to the advancement of a new country and the prosperity of an old one.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 3, part 1: Andrew Jackson (Second Term) by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)
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