non-paymentn.
/nɒnˈpeɪm(ə)nt/, U.S. /nɑnˈpeɪm(ə)nt/ Failure or refusal to pay; the condition of not being paid.
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society > trade and finance > payment > non-payment > [noun]
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unpaymenta1443
non-paying?a1600
1423 Guildhall Let.-bk. in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 108 (MED) If eny strif or debate falle betwen þe seid Shermen and Sheregrynders for non paiement, þat þan þe Sheregrinders shull pleyne to þe wardeins of þe Shermen.
c1475 (c1450) P. Idley Instr. to his Son (Cambr.) (1935) ii. B. 30 (MED) They goo like a prisoner..That hadde longe ley for nounpayement of fynaunce.
1530 J. Rastell New Bk. Purgatory iii. iii. sig. f The..hurte and hynderaunce that I haue had for the none payment of the .L. li.
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 530 This Miltiades,..being condemned by the state to pay the summe of fifty talentes, was for non payment cast into prison.
1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Kkk1v If I doe condition with the Leasee, that for non payment of the rent at the day it shalbe lawfull for me to reenter.
1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. x. 435 Earle Robert obliging himself upon non paiment, to forfeit all his lands.
1709 Jrnl. of Campaigne (MS, Town Docks Museum, Kingston-upon-Hull) Severale diserters came in from ye enemy complaynes much of ye nonpayment & fateagues of ther army.
1764 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 100 The non-payment of Canada bills by the French government.
1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott VI. 106 That if anything should..befall Constable, Sir Walter would suffer a heavier loss than the nonpayment of some one novel.
1885 Encycl. Brit. III. 140/2 The plan..of passive resistance, by the non-payment of taxes.
1901 Scotsman 3 Apr. 10/1 He had protested strongly against the non-payment of sums due to Americans.
1995 J. Miller Voxpop xix. 235 I was given a three month sentence (for non-payment of poll tax) and served six weeks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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