noun
1. act of failing to meet a financial obligation
• Syn: ↑default, ↑nonremittal
• Hypernyms: ↑failure
2. loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid
• Syn: ↑default, ↑nonremittal
• Ant: ↑payment
• Hypernyms: ↑financial loss
• Hyponyms: ↑delinquency
3. the deliberate act of failing to pay money
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his evasion of all his creditors
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he was indicted for nonpayment
• Syn: ↑evasion
• Ant: ↑payment
• Hypernyms: ↑commerce, ↑commercialism, ↑mercantilism
• Hyponyms: ↑tax evasion
Useful english dictionary. 2012.