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non-ˈpayment
[non- 1.]
Failure or neglect to pay; the condition of not being paid.
c1447–8J. Shillingford Lett. (Camden) 82 The seide wronge of nonpayement of the seide dymes. 1530Rastell Bk. Purgat. iii. iii, The hurte & hynderaunce that I have had for the none payment of the .c. li. 1579–80North Plutarch (1657) 411 This Miltiades,..being condemned by the state to pay the sum of fifty Talents, was for non-payment cast into prison. 1593Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 521. 1686 Plot Staffordsh. 435 Earle Robert obliging himself upon non paiment, to forfeit all his lands. 1764Chron. in Ann. Reg. 100 The non-payment of Canada bills by the French government. 1837Lockhart Life Scott VI. 106 That if anything should..befall Constable, Sir Walter would suffer a heavier loss than the nonpayment of some one novel. 1901Scotsman 3 Apr. 10/1 He had protested strongly against the non-payment of sums due to Americans.
So non-ˈpaying vbl. n., in the same sense; non-ˈpaying ppl. a., that does not pay.
1407Waterf. Arch. in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. V. 329 For the nonpaying of the Kings chief rent. 1659Burton's Diary (1828) IV. 412 Their non-paying of the several debts charged upon them. 1877Raymond Mines & Mining 347 Much time, labor, and money were thrown away upon non-paying lodes. |