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noninterest en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + interest.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Not of or pertaining to interest (additional amount repaid as a fraction of money or goods borrowed).
   • Consumer deposits are now insured up to $250,000 per account, and the F.D.I.C. offers unlimited coverage on noninterest payroll accounts used by businesses. 2009 October 11, Eric Dash, “Small Banks Fail at Growing Rate, Straining F.D.I.C.”, in New York Times:

noninterest en · NOUN

Etymology

From non- + interest.

Meanings

1. That which is not an interest.
   • Furthermore, it appears that children are equally flexible with respect to their actions in play with objects identified as interests and equally inflexible with respect to their actions in play with objects identified as noninterests. 1990, Robyn Fivush, Judith A. Hudson, Knowing and Remembering in Young Children, page 156:

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