nonfederal

adjective non·fed·er·al \ ˌnän-ˈfe-d(ə-)rəl \

|Updated on: 15 May 2018

Definition of nonfederal

: not federal; especially : not of or relating to the federal government of the United States

nonfederal employees/lands/funds

Recent Examples of nonfederal from the Web

In the report, agricultural land is defined as nonfederal cropland, pastureland, rangeland and woodland used to support agriculture.

— tara duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, "Report: America is losing its best farmland," 8 May 2018
Some cranes have already been shipped to nonfederal facilities.

— juliet eilperin, Washington Post, "Trump has long vowed to slash government. Now the knives are finally coming out.," 26 Feb. 2018
Private student loans are nonfederal education loans made by banks and other financial institutions such as credit unions and online lenders such as SoFi.

— WSJ, "What to Look for in Private Student Loans," 21 July 2017
On the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana, the Absaloka coal mine accounts for 50 percent of the tribe’s nonfederal income.

— ian frisch, Bloomberg.com, "The End of Coal Will Haunt the Navajo," 13 Oct. 2017
Over the same period production on nonfederal lands grew from 14,523 billion cubic feet to 24,143 billion.

— merrill matthews, WSJ, "Mineral Rights Can Make You Rich," 9 July 2017
Municipal bonds—the debt issued by states, cities, and nonfederal public authorities—occupy an important niche in the financial lives of Wall Street and America’s wealthy.

— daniel gross, Slate Magazine, "Trump Won’t Fix Our Roads and Bridges," 8 June 2017
Candidates seeking to lead the Democratic National Committee have called for a more intensive focus on nonfederal elections, and several senior Democrats said distraught party donors were turning their attention to the states.

— alexander burns and jonathan martin, New York Times, "Eric Holder to Lead Democrats’ Attack on Republican Gerrymandering," 11 Jan. 2017

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