English

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Etymology

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From non- +‎ base.

Adjective

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nonbase (not comparable)

  1. Not being or not relating to a base.
    • 1947, Betty Bock, Small Business and Regulation of Pricing Practices, page 20:
      Base mills and nonbase mills may, or may not, be under separate ownership. [] The price of a shipment originating at a nonbase mill contains a delivery charge which is usually greater or less than the actual cost of delivery.
    • 2011, Ron Aitchison, Pro DNS and BIND 10, page 103:
      FreeBSD differentiates between a base DNS install and a normal (nonbase) DNS install.