nonpayment

Roget-categorie 808

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.9. Possessive relations
›› 5.9.4. Monetary relations

#808. Nonpayment

zelfstandig naamwoord

nonpayment — default, defalcation — protest, repudiation — application of the sponge^† — whitewashing.
insolvency, bankruptcy, failure — insufficiency etc. 640 — 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^†.

werkwoord

not pay etc. 807 — 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. 791 — run up bills, fly kites.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

not paying, non-paying, non-performing — in debt etc. 806 — behindhand, in arrear^†, behind in payments, in arrears — beggared etc. (poor) 804 — unable to make both ends meet, minus — worse than nothing — worthless.
insolvent, bankrupt, in the gazette, gazetted.
unpaid etc. (outstanding) 806 — gratis etc. 815 — unremunerated.

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