nonfinancial

adjective

non·​fi·​nan·​cial ˌnän-fə-ˈnan(t)-shəl 

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: not of or relating to finance or financiers : not financial

rarely argued about nonfinancial matters

For the first time in eight years, the balance sheets of nonfinancial corporations will end the year with more equity relative to debt than they had when the year started.

—Fred R. Bleakley

Examples of nonfinancial in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

What’s emerging is a new ecosystem where nonfinancial companies integrate banking directly into their offerings. —Wendy Cai-Lee, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025

The arrangement effectively grants the President a nonfinancial stake in U.S. Steel, and significant influence in its affairs. —Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 July 2025

Total debt made up a larger share of shareholder equity in the first quarter compared to the previous quarter for both nonfinancial U.S. investment-grade and non-investment-grade companies. —Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 3 July 2025

Filming locations are rarely considered a matter of national pride, let alone taken into account for nonfinancial reasons. —David Sims, The Atlantic, 17 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nonfinancial

• financial