non-payment


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non-payment

noun defaulting, dodging, evasion, failure to pay She has received an eviction order for non-payment of rent.
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non-payment

[ˈnɒnˈpeɪmənt] Nfalta f de pago, impago m
sued for non-payment of debtsdemandado por no pagar sus deudas
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And now, there he sat, with the remains of a beard at least a week old encumbering his chin; a soiled and crumpled shirt-frill crouching, as it were, upon his breast, instead of standing boldly out; a demeanour so abashed and drooping, so despondent, and expressive of such humiliation, grief, and shame; that if the souls of forty unsubstantial housekeepers, all of whom had had their water cut off for non-payment of the rate, could have been concentrated in one body, that one body could hardly have expressed such mortification and defeat as were now expressed in the person of Mr Lillyvick the collector.
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