1. not increasing or building up by successive additions
Usage: often used in finance and statistics

Examples

• The noncumulative voting system gives each shareholder one vote per share for each director position.
• Noncumulative preferred stock does not carry forward unpaid dividends to future periods.
• The test scores were noncumulative, meaning each exam covered only new material.
• The company’s noncumulative dividend policy meant missed payments were not owed later.
• The research used noncumulative data points to avoid skewing the results.
• Noncumulative effects were observed when the treatments were applied separately.