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adjective non·fi·nan·cial \ ˌnän-fə-ˈnan(t)-shəl , -fī- \

Definition of nonfinancial

: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

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Europeans refrained from the sales spree, with BAT the only high-grade nonfinancial company to take advantage of borrowing costs near a record low.

— carrie hong, The Seattle Times, "Holidays on hold as bond market defies usual August slowdown," 19 Aug. 2017
In 2011, total credit extended to private, nonfinancial companies was about 120 percent of economic output in China.

— keith bradsher and sui-lee wee, New York Times, "In China, Herd of ‘Gray Rhinos’ Threatens Economy," 23 July 2017
Over the intermeeting period, spreads of yields on investment- and speculative-grade nonfinancial corporate bonds over comparable-maturity Treasury securities narrowed a bit on net.

— Bloomberg.com, "Full Text : U.S. Federal Reserve Meeting Minutes for May 2-3," 24 May 2017
Although much of the ire over Dodd-Frank is focused on restrictions to the banking sector, there are elements of the law nonfinancial companies would like to see gutted.

— tatyana shumsky, WSJ, "SEC Faces Obstacles to Rolling Back Dodd-Frank Rules," 6 Feb. 2017

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1930

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