Nonpayment — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

act of failing to meet a financial obligation

loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/nˌɑːnpˈeɪmənt/

🇬🇧British English

/nˌɒnpˈeɪmənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/nˌɒnpˈeɪmənt/

3 syllables Say it as /nˌɑːnpˈeɪmənt/.

Examples

his evasion of all his creditors
he was indicted for nonpayment

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

default evasion nonremittal

Antonyms

payment

Parts of Speech

noun	act of failing to meet a financial obligation
noun	loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid
noun	the deliberate act of failing to pay money “his evasion of all his creditors”

Word Forms

default

verb

fail to pay up

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Nichtzahlung

Akt der Nichterfüllung einer finanziellen Verpflichtung

🇫🇷French

non-paiement

acte de manquement à une obligation financière

🇪🇸Spanish

falta de pago

acto de no cumplir con una obligación financiera

🇮🇹Italian

mancato pagamento

atto di inadempimento di un obbligo finanziario

🇳🇱Dutch

niet-betaling

het niet nakomen van een financiële verplichting

🇵🇹Portuguese

falta de pagamento

ato de não cumprir uma obrigação financeira

🇷🇺Russian

невыплата

акт невыполнения финансовых обязательств

India

🇮🇳Hindi

भुगतान न

वित्तीय दायित्व को पूरा करने में असफल होने का कार्य

🇧🇩Bengali

অপ্রদান

একটি আর্থিক বাধ্যবাধকতা মেটাতে ব্যর্থ হওয়ার কাজ

🇮🇳Tamil

செலுத்தாதது

நிதிக் கடமையை நிறைவேற்றத் தவறிய செயல்

🇮🇳Telugu

చెల్లించని

ఆర్థిక బాధ్యతను తీర్చడంలో విఫలమైన చర్య

🇮🇳Marathi

पैसे न देणे

आर्थिक दायित्व पूर्ण करण्यात अयशस्वी होण्याची कृती

🇮🇳Gujarati

બિનચુકવણી

નાણાકીય જવાબદારી પૂરી કરવામાં નિષ્ફળતાનું કાર્ય

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪಾವತಿಸದಿರುವುದು

ಹಣಕಾಸಿನ ಬಾಧ್ಯತೆಯನ್ನು ಪೂರೈಸಲು ವಿಫಲವಾದ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

നോൺ പേയ്മെൻ്റ്

ഒരു സാമ്പത്തിക ബാധ്യത നിറവേറ്റുന്നതിൽ പരാജയപ്പെടുന്ന പ്രവൃത്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਗੈਰ-ਭੁਗਤਾਨ

ਵਿੱਤੀ ਜ਼ਿੰਮੇਵਾਰੀ ਨੂੰ ਪੂਰਾ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਸਫਲ ਰਹਿਣ ਦਾ ਕੰਮ

🇵🇰Urdu

عدم ادائیگی

مالی ذمہ داری کو پورا کرنے میں ناکامی کا عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

不付款

未能履行财务义务的行为

🇯🇵Japanese

不払い

金銭的義務を履行しない行為

🇰🇷Korean

미불

재정적 의무를 이행하지 않는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

không thanh toán

hành vi không thực hiện nghĩa vụ tài chính

🇹🇭Thai

การไม่ชำระเงิน

การกระทำที่ไม่ปฏิบัติตามภาระผูกพันทางการเงิน

🇮🇩Indonesian

tidak membayar

tindakan gagal memenuhi kewajiban keuangan

🇵🇭Filipino

hindi pagbabayad

pagkilos ng hindi pagtupad sa isang obligasyong pinansyal

🇲🇾Malay

tidak membayar

perbuatan gagal memenuhi obligasi kewangan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

عدم الدفع

فعل عدم الوفاء بالتزام مالي

🇮🇷Persian

عدم پرداخت

عمل ناتوانی در انجام یک تعهد مالی

🇹🇷Turkish

ödememe

mali bir yükümlülüğün yerine getirilmemesi eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

אי תשלום

מעשה של אי עמידה בהתחייבות כספית

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