| Main Entry: | nonpayment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | failure |
Synonyms: |
bankruptcy, default, delinquency |
| 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
-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.
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Antonyms: |
payment |
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| Main Entry: | bankruptcy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inability to pay debts |
Synonyms: |
Chapter 11, defalcation, default, destituteness, destitution, disaster, exhaustion, failure, indebtedness, indigence, insolvency, lack, liquidation, loss, nonpayment, overdraft, pauperism, privation, repudiation, ruin, ruination |
Antonyms: |
richness, solvency, wealth |
| 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 |