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
“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
About the author: Clifford Winston is a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of Market Corrections Not Government Interventions: A Path to Improve the U.S.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 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
Against the newcomers, profitable as they were, still existed the ancient antipathy of the resident for the nonresident.
From The Covered Wagon by Hough, Emerson
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