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Noncumulative
adj
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Not cumulative. not-comparable
"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."
- 2 Not having an accumulating right to receive dividends unpaid in previous periods. not-comparable
"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."
Etymology
From non- + cumulative.
See also for "noncumulative"
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