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