Meanings
- not comparableNot involving a purchase
The avoidance of a nonpossessory, nonpurchase money security interest, on the other hand, is limited to those liens on types of property specified.
2003, Pamela Webster, Practical Bankruptcy Law for Paralegals, →ISBN, page 172
plural nonpurchases
- countableuncountableA failure to purchase something
Feedback may take the form of attitude changes, purchases, or nonpurchases.
2012, Louis Boone, David Kurtz, Contemporary Marketing, 2013 Update2 more examples
Notice of nonpurchase could be given at any time between July 6, 1915, and May 3, 1916.
1918, The Federal ReporterBut a more extensive approach would be to go beyond product to consider the nonpurchase decision.
2002, Thomas Princen, Confronting Consumption, →ISBN, page 28
Origin
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