Definitions

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  • adjective Not of, pertaining to, or operating under a contract.

Etymologies

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non- +‎ contract

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Examples

  • Both Leap and MetroPCS focus on noncontract "prepaid" customers, the lower end of the wireless market.

    AT&T's Great Leap Back Martin Peers 2011

  • Sprint's Boost Mobile, which recently launched a noncontract, unlimited-everything plan for $50, is also unlikely to lower its prices.

    TracFone's Prepaid Niche 2009

  • A school district can reduce pay for noncontract workers - janitors and cafeteria workers, for example - and it can reduce teacher salaries from one year to the next if notice is given at least 45 days before the first day of instruction, Texas Education Agency spokeswoman Debbie Ratcliffe said.

    chron.com Chronicle 2011

  • Eight of the school days will be noncontract days for teachers and other district staff members.

    LJWorld.com stories: News < 2010

  • Last week Sprint said that prepay customers to its Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile USA prepaid services helped it narrow subscriber losses in the fourth quarter, but the slimmer sales that come along with noncontract phone users pressured the wireless provider's bottom line.

    Forbes.com: News Miriam Marcus 2010

  • The agency already faces a historic $180 million shortfall and is attempting to balance its budget by reducing noncontract staff by 20 percent, freezing wage increases and other cost-saving measures.

    Whittier Daily News Most Viewed 2010

  • Last week Sprint said that prepay customers to its Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile USA prepaid services helped it narrow subscriber losses in the fourth quarter, but the slimmer sales that come along with noncontract phone users pressured the wireless provider's bottom line.

    Forbes.com: News Miriam Marcus 2010

  • Last week Sprint said that prepay customers to its Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile USA prepaid services helped it narrow subscriber losses in the fourth quarter, but the slimmer sales that come along with noncontract phone users pressured the wireless provider's bottom line.

    Forbes.com: News Miriam Marcus 2010

  • The agency already faces a historic $180 million shortfall and is attempting to balance its budget by reducing noncontract staff by 20 percent, freezing wage increases and other cost-saving measures.

    Whittier Daily News Most Viewed 2010

  • Christy Henjes, a paraeducator at South Sioux City Public Schools, gave a list of examples of noncontract workers being fired without getting a reason.

    JournalStar.com - News Articles 2009

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