Used in a Sentence

non-pecuniary

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for non-pecuniary.

Editorial note

Too many weird steps in non-pecuniary directions and you’ll end up on the street or your mom’s couch.

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Quick take

Alternative form of nonpecuniary. [Not pecuniary.]

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of non-pecuniary gathered in one view.

adjective

Alternative form of nonpecuniary. [Not pecuniary.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for non-pecuniary.

adjective

Alternative form of nonpecuniary. [Not pecuniary.]

Example sentences

1

Too many weird steps in non-pecuniary directions and you’ll end up on the street or your mom’s couch.

2

If you donate to or volunteer for a non-profit, you have non-pecuniary interest in how they are run.

3

High marginal tax rates would create the incentive for people in the higher taxed brakets to seek non-pecuniary benefits.

4

Four: for a certain psychograph of developer, there are non-pecuniary advantages to running a startup in a manner similar to their being non-pecuniary advantages to doing the Peace Corps for some people.

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However, it is difficult to measure the value of OSS due to its non-pecuniary nature and lack of centralized usage tracking.

6

Congestion is a non-pecuniary cost, so there's no reason to use a different term.

7

If you own property you don’t use, then, assuming you aren’t enjoying some offsetting non-pecuniary benefit, you are suffering an economic loss.

8

Hence the constant draw and temptation to always push those non-pecuniary, non-market labors sometime into the future, where you'll theoretically have time in spades.

9

The former has a rather large non-pecuniary component of total compensation.

10

I'm pretty sure non-pecuniary damages are ground for civil cases in plenty of non-US jurisdictions.

11

It is possible for an employee of a Japanese company to have a $91k salary and, also, a high internal status, resulting in non-pecuniary benefits as described.

12

Some jobs have non-pecuniary benefits, such as social status or personal gratification; these mean that people are willing to do the work for less than they otherwise would (even to the point of making the position volunteer-only).

Quote examples

1

Abstract: " The value of a non-pecuniary (free) product is inherently difficult to assess.

2

So then it becomes a question of which effect dominates, and it seems like a highly extraordinary claim to say that the "non-pecuniary status benefit" comes out on top.

Proper noun examples

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Non-pecuniary returns can satisfy the responsibilities of an enterprise.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use non-pecuniary in a sentence?

Too many weird steps in non-pecuniary directions and you’ll end up on the street or your mom’s couch.

What does non-pecuniary mean?

Alternative form of nonpecuniary. [Not pecuniary.]

What part of speech is non-pecuniary?

non-pecuniary is commonly used as adjective.