0 a failure to pay money that is owed:
non-payment of taxes
1 the fact of not paying or being paid a sum of money that is owed:
Second, there is an element of coercion, as represented by the enforcement activities of rate collectors and the penalties imposed on those detected for non-payment.
However, a major problem is inadequate collection of revenues, mainly due to widespread non-payment.
With a financial system based on municipal rents, the possibility of decent maintenance and upkeep was defeated by the massive scale of non-payment.
The financial well-being of the water sector in many countries has been undermined by the non-payment of water bills by government agencies.
However, the company's financial position was overshadowed by low prices and non-payment by government agencies.
Moreover, the attitude of local political leaders with respect to payment seems to be important, for instance by legitimising non-payment through their own behaviour.
Her relationship with the label ended in a bitter legal dispute over non-payment of royalties.
Yet non-payment of rents and boycott were soon to evolve into agrarian crime and land war.
