non-payment

Main Entry:
nonpayment [non-pey-muhnt]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: failure
Synonyms: bankruptcy, default, delinquency
Main Entry: default
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: failure; want
Synonyms: absence, blemish, blunder, dearth, defect, deficiency, delinquency, dereliction, disregard, error, fault, imperfection, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, miss, neglect, nonpayment, offense, omission, overlooking, oversight, privation, shortcoming, slight, transgression, vice, weakness, wrongdoing
Antonyms: advantage, payment, perfection, satisfaction, success
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Nonpayment
Category: 4. Monetary Relations
Synonyms:
-nouns
nonpayment; default, defalcation; protest, repudiation; application of the sponge; whitewashing., insolvency, bankruptcy, failure; insufficiency; run upon a bank; overdrawn account., waste paper bonds; dishonored bills, protested bills; bogus check, bogus cheque., bankrup, insolvent, debtor, lame duck, man of straw, welsher, stag, defaulter, levanter.
-verbs
not pay; fail, break, stop payment; become insolvent, become bankrupt; be gazetted., protest, dishonor, repudiate, nullify., pay under protest; button up one's pockets, draw the purse strings; apply the sponge; pay over the left shoulder, get whitewashed; swindle; run up bills, fly kites.
-adjectives
not paying; in debt; behindhand, in arrear(s); beggared (poor); unable to make both ends meet, minus; worse than nothing., insolvent, bankrupt, in the gazette, gazetted., unpaid (outstanding); gratis; unremunerated.
Antonyms: payment
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