Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (II) Intersocial Volition
Section IV. Possessive Relations
4. Monetary Relations

808. Nonpayment.

   NOUN:NONPAYMENT; default, defalcation; protest, repudiation; application of the sponge; whitewashing.
  INSOLVENCY, bankruptcy, failure; insufficiency [See Insufficiency]; run upon a bank; overdrawn account.
  waste paper bonds; dishonored -, protested- bills; bogus check or cheque.
  DEFAULTER, bankrupt, insolvent debtor, lame duck [slang], man of straw; welsher or welcher, stag [obs.], levanter, absconder.
   VERB:NOT PAY [See Payment]; fail, break, stop payment; become -insolvent, – bankrupt; be gazetted; have one’s check -dishonored, – protested.
  pay under protest; button up one’s pockets, draw the purse strings; apply the sponge; pay over the left shoulder [colloq.], get whitewashed; swindle [See Stealing]; run up bills, fly kites [com. slang].
  PROTEST, dishonor, repudiate, nullify.
   ADJECTIVE:NOT PAYING; in debt [See Debt]; behindhand, in arrear; beggared &c., (poor) [See Poverty]; unable to make both ends meet, minus [colloq.], worse than nothing.
  INSOLVENT, bankrupt, in the gazette, gazetted, ruined.
  UNPAID (outstanding) [See Debt]; gratis [See Cheapness]; unremunerated.