Meaning & use
nonresident
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Meanings
nouncountable
A person who does not live permanently in a particular place, especially for tax or legal purposes.
Grammar: Countable: a nonresident, two nonresidents. Often followed by 'of' or 'in'.
Patterns
- nonresident of a place
- nonresident in a country
- nonresident student
As a nonresident, she had to pay higher tuition fees.
The tax rules are different for nonresidents.
Nonresidents are not allowed to vote in local elections.
adjectivebefore a noun
Not living permanently in a particular place.
Grammar: Used before a noun: nonresident student, nonresident alien.
Patterns
- nonresident student
- nonresident alien
- nonresident account
She applied as a nonresident student.
The bank offers special accounts for nonresident customers.
Word forms
| plural | nonresidents |
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Common combinations
- nonresident student
- Nonresident students often pay higher tuition.
- nonresident alien
- For tax purposes, he was classified as a nonresident alien.
- nonresident account
- The bank charges a fee for nonresident accounts.
- nonresident for tax purposes
- She is a nonresident for tax purposes.
Synonyms and how they differ
- outsider
- Means someone not accepted as part of a group, while nonresident is a formal legal or administrative term.
Opposites
Word family
Practice
Fill in the blank: 'As a __________, he had to pay out-of-state tuition.'
Choose one answer.
A nonresident is a person who does not live permanently in a place. 'Resident' would mean the opposite, 'nonresidence' is not a common noun for a person, and 'nonresidential' describes buildings, not people.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “nonresident”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.