nonfarm
adjective
non·farm
| \ ˌnän-ˈfärm
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variants:
or non-farm
Definition of nonfarm
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Other Words from nonfarm
non-farming
\ ˌnän-ˈfär-miŋ
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or nonfarming
adjective
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or nonfarming
adjective
non-farming activities
a nonfarming family
Examples of nonfarm in a Sentence
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The area now has a total of 4.09 million jobs, as measured by nonfarm payroll employment, according to the EDD’s figures. — George Avalos, The Mercury News, "Bay Area job market rockets to fresh gains in June, region has nearly 4.1 million jobs," 19 July 2019 For the year, nonfarm employment in the state is up by 52,800. — Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, "Pace of hiring picks up in June in Colorado," 19 July 2019 Economists expect nonfarm jobs to rise by 195,000 for June, compared with a gain of 223,000 the prior month. — Waverly Colville, WSJ, "U.S. Private Sector Continues to Expand," 5 July 2018 Total nonfarm earnings in Connecticut were also the second worst in the country after Alaska. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "The Regressive State of America," 25 Apr. 2018 Market participants are awaiting the Labor Department’s nonfarm payrolls report for May, due out Friday. — Ira Iosebashvili, WSJ, "Dollar Flat as Investors Await Payroll Data," 31 May 2018 What the two business owners have in common is their reliance on the H-2B visa program, which allows unskilled workers from Mexico, the Philippines, Jamaica and dozens of other countries to take temporary nonfarm jobs in the United States. — Patricia Cohen, New York Times, "With Jobs to Fill, Businesses Play the Visa Lottery," 27 June 2018 Texas tied for first in exports per capita, but failed to make the top five in GDP growth, startup activity, employment, nonfarm payrolls, government surplus, educational attainment of immigrants, jobs in high tech and patents. — Mark Collette, Houston Chronicle, "Texas has mediocre 'innovation potential,' ranking of state economies finds," 5 June 2018 While female employment has strengthened far faster among nonfarm animal caretakers than in most jobs, the gender pay gap has worsened slightly. — USA TODAY, "Women in the workforce: 20 jobs that have become dominated by women," 21 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'nonfarm.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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