non-payment

Failure to remit

Non-payment is failure to pay money that is owed.

The term appears in legal and financial contexts: The landlord initiated eviction proceedings for non-payment of rent.

Non-payment of a loan triggers default.

Also spelled nonpayment.

debt

arrears

Overdue financial obligations

balance · creditor · obligation · liability · delinquent · dues · billing · remittance · collection · default

evasion

withholding

Keeping from another

dishonor · protest · neglect · default · deadbeat · non-compliance · breach · stonewalling · dispute · contestation

consequences

foreclosure

Lender seizes mortgaged property

lien · bankruptcy · insolvency · seizure · judgment · lawsuit · blacklisting · disconnection · penalty · suspension

penalties

interest

Attention, stake, or fee

compounding · accrual · assessment

Categories
Opposites
financial fulfillment

non-paymentpayment

Fulfilling a financial obligation

full payment · settlement · remittance · discharge of debt · paying up

compliance with obligations

non-paymentfulfillment

State of achieved purpose

honoring · compliance · good standing · solvency · creditworthiness

Family

nonpayment, nonpayments

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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G