Word forms: non-residentsregional note: in BRIT, also use non-resident
adjective
A nonresident person is someone who is visiting a particular place but who does not live or stay there permanently.
The paper said that 100,000 nonresident workers would have to be sent back to theirhome villages.
nonresident in British English
(ˌnɒnˈrɛzɪdənt)
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 or she does not spend more than 90 days in the UK during that tax year
adjective
3.
not residing in the place specified
Derived forms
nonresidence (nonˈresidence) or nonresidency (nonˈresidency)
noun
nonresident in American English
(ˌnɑnˈrɛzədənt)
adjective
1.
not residing in a specified place; esp., having one's home in some locality other than where one works, attends school, etc.
noun
2.
one whose permanent home is not where one is staying
3.
one who lives away from the locality of one's business, school, etc.