nonresident

[ non-rez-i-duhnt ]

adjective

1. not resident in a particular place.
2. not residing where official duties require a person to reside.

noun

1. a person who is nonresident.

nonresident

/ nɒnˈrɛzɪdənt /

noun

1. a person who is not residing in the place implied or specified

   the hotel restaurant is open to nonresidents

2. 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

1. not residing in the place specified

Derived Forms

• nonˈresidence, noun

Other Words From

• non·resi·dence non·resi·den·cy noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of nonresident¹

First recorded in 1520–30; non- + resident

Example Sentences

The state also told UC to prepare for a deferral of $31 million in funding to offset the financial hit of replacing nonresident students with California undergraduates at UCLA, UC Berkeley and UC San Diego.

From Los Angeles Times

The proposed nonresident tuition increase drew opposition from some students during the meeting’s public comments Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times

Another idea, Brostrom said, would be to give individual campuses a range of potential nonresident tuition increases they could impose.

From Los Angeles Times

Former UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ, in an interview with The Times before stepping down in June, had advocated for the freedom of campuses to set their own nonresident tuition rates.

From Los Angeles Times

That any escalation would have consequences on Yemen, already the region’s poorest and one of its most war-ravaged nations, was not necessarily a problem for the Houthis, said Fatima Alasrar, a nonresident scholar at the Middle East Institute think tank.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• alien
• different
• external
• offshore
• overseas
• unfamiliar