nonfinancial

nonfinancial — adjective

  • nonfinancialpositive
  • more nonfinancialcomparative
  • most nonfinancialsuperlative

1. connected with parts of work or life other than money, profit, budgeting, or the

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Definition

connected with parts of work or life other than money, profit, budgeting, or the handling of funds.

Example

The survey asked families about nonfinancial worries such as health and childcare.

nonfinancial + worries: concerns outside money

Mira accepted the job for nonfinancial reasons, mainly flexible hours and location.

for nonfinancial reasons

Common collocations
  • nonfinancial reasons
  • nonfinancial support
  • nonfinancial benefits
  • nonfinancial goals
  • nonfinancial information
  • nonfinancial measures
  • nonfinancial performance
  • nonfinancial section
Synonyms
  • nonmonetary

    usually narrower; often used for rewards, benefits, or losses not paid in cash

  • noneconomic

    broader; often about social or moral motives and effects outside profit or trade

  • nonfiscal

    more formal; common in policy writing when taxes or budgets are not the focus

Antonyms
  • financial

    the direct opposite; about money, funding, or profit

  • monetary

    narrower; specifically about money amounts, payment, or currency

  • fiscal

    often about taxes, public revenue, or government budgets

Grammar Patterns

nonfinancial + reason / benefit / support / goal / information

be nonfinancial

Usage Note

Usually appears before nouns such as 'reasons', 'support', 'benefits', 'goals', or 'information'. In business, education, and policy writing, it contrasts something with money, profit, or budgeting rather than saying the thing is unimportant.

Common Mistakes

The company chose the plan for financial reasons like staff morale.
The company chose the plan for nonfinancial reasons like staff morale.
morale, trust, and work-life balance are not money-related reasons.

Word family

Synonym discussion

Sense: adjective/1

'Nonfinancial' is the broad choice for matters outside money, profit, or budgeting, so people talk about nonfinancial goals, benefits, or information. 'Nonmonetary' is narrower and usually points to something not paid in cash, such as nonmonetary rewards or damages. 'Noneconomic' often moves farther away from business language and can describe social, moral, or cultural motives and effects rather than market ones. 'Nonfiscal' is the most formal of the group and is mainly used in government or policy writing when taxes, revenue, or budgets are not the issue. A worker may accept a job for nonfinancial reasons, receive a nonmonetary reward, care about noneconomic effects on the town, and read a nonfiscal policy note from city hall.

nonfinancial ↗nonmonetary ↗noneconomic ↗nonfiscal

Common collocations

Nouns

Adverbs

  • mainly nonfinancial
  • purely nonfinancial
  • largely nonfinancial

Phrases

  • nonfinancial performance measures
  • nonfinancial section of the report
  • nonfinancial factors in a decision

Prepositions

  • for nonfinancial reasons
  • nonfinancial benefits of
  • nonfinancial support for

Etymology

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Formed in English from the prefix 'non-' meaning 'not' and the adjective 'financial'. The second part comes from 'finance', which reached English through French from Latin roots connected with settling payments.