Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounloss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid
Similar
defaultnonremittal
Opposite
Broader
financial loss
nounthe deliberate act of failing to pay money
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Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishnonpayement
- Englishnonpayment
From Middle English nonpayement, nonpaiement, nounpaiement, non paiement, equivalent to non- (“no”, adjective) + payment.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech neplacení
- neplacenífailure to pay
Dutch wanbetaling, niet-betaling
- wanbetalingfailure to pay
- niet-betalingfailure to pay
Finnish maksamatta jättäminen
- maksamatta jättäminenfailure to pay
French non-paiement
- non-paiementfailure to pay
German Nichtzahlung
- Nichtzahlungfailure to pay
Latin impēnsiō
- impēnsiōfailure to pay
Polish niepłacenie
- niepłaceniefailure to pay
Russian неупла́та, невы́плата
- неупла́та (neupláta)failure to pay
- невы́плата (nevýplata)failure to pay
- неплатёж (neplatjóž)failure to pay
Spanish impago
- impagofailure to pay
Cite this entry
APA
nonpayment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonpayment
MLA
“nonpayment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonpayment. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonpayment,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonpayment.
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