Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Nonpayment

Nouns
  • nonpayment
  • default, defalcation
  • protest, repudiation
  • application of the sponge
  • whitewashing. insolvency, bankruptcy, failure
  • insufficiency etc. Insufficiency
  • run upon a bank
  • overdrawn account. waste paper bonds
  • dishonored bills, protested bills
  • bogus check, bogus cheque, rubber check. bankrupt, insolvent, debtor, lame duck, man of straw, welsher, stag, defaulter, levanter.
Verbs
  • not pay etc. Payment
  • fail, break, stop payment
  • become insolvent, become bankrupt
  • be gazetted. protest, dishonor, repudiate, nullify, refuse payment. pay under protest
  • button up one's pockets, draw the purse strings
  • apply the sponge
  • pay over the left shoulder, get whitewashed
  • swindle etc. Stealing
  • run up bills, fly kites.
Adjectives
  • not paying, non-paying, non-performing
  • in debt etc. Debt
  • behindhand, in arrear, behind in payments, in arrears
  • beggared etc. (poor) Poverty
  • unable to make both ends meet, minus
  • worse than nothing
  • worthless. insolvent, bankrupt, in the gazette, gazetted. unpaid etc. (outstanding) Debt
  • gratis etc. Cheapness
  • unremunerated.