noncumulative

adj — 2 senses

noncumulative

adj

Etymology From non- + cumulative.

1

Not cumulative.

  • There is often a sad, noncumulative pattern to working-class lives. In some professions as you get older, you rise to more responsible positions. And that was true under the old seniority-based work rules in factories.2016 September 20, David Brooks, “Dignity and Sadness in the Working Class”, in The New York Times:
2

Business, Finance Not having an accumulating right to receive dividends unpaid in previous periods.

  • The payment consists of $3 billion in common stock for $25.35 a share as well as $6 billion in perpetual noncumulative convertible preferred stock with a 10 percent dividend and a conversion price of $31.25 a share.2008 September 29, Louise Story, “Morgan Stanley Completes Mitsubishi Deal”, in The New York Times:
Derived terms
noncumulatively

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