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Definition: Nonperformance |
NonperformanceNoun1. Failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "nonperformance" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Finance | The failure of a contracting party to provide goods or services according to terms of an agreement. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: NonperformanceSynonyms: carelessness (n), neglect (n), negligence (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Noncompletion | Nonperformance, inexecution; neglect. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Nonperformance |
| English words defined with "nonperformance": Assumpsit ♦ dodging ♦ escape, evasion ♦ Inexecution ♦ Nonexecution ♦ performance bond ♦ surety bond. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "nonperformance": Escape Clause. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Worker Rights | Nigeria | Lagos state government terminated an important local union leader in Lagos, ostensibly for nonperformance, following an extended strike by state government workers. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "nonperformance"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 不履行 (default). (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ふり"う (default). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | onperformancenay yerine getirmeme (inobservance, non-performance, violation), yapmama (failure, non-performance). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "nonperformance": nonperformances. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "nonperformance" (pronounced 'Non`per*form"ance'): Abearance, Abeyance, Abidance, Abodance, Acceptance, Accordance, Achievance, Acquaintance, Admirance, Affirmance, Aggrievance, Aidance, Allegeance, Allurance, Annoyance, Appearance, Appendance, Appliance, Approvance, Arrivance, Assistance, Attendance, Avengeance, Avoidance, Avowance, Boastance, Buoyance, Chievance, Clairvoyance, Clearance, Coinsurance, Compliance, Comportance, Concordance, Conductance, Confirmance, Conformance, Connivance, Contrivance, Conveyance, Defailance, Defiance, Demeanance, Deniance, Desistance, Disacquaintance, Disaffirmance, Disagreeance, Disallowance, Disappearance. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-f-m-n-n-n-o-o-p-r-r" | |
-3 letters: performance. | |
-5 letters: aeronomer, cannoneer, conformer, cornerman, cornermen, noncareer, nonfarmer, praenomen. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-f-m-n-n-n-o-o-p-r-r" | |
+1 letter: nonperformances. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 6F 6E 70 65 72 66 6F 72 6D 61 6E 63 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. --- -. .--. . .-. ..-. --- .-. -- .- -. -.-. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01101111 01101110 01110000 01100101 01110010 01100110 01101111 01110010 01101101 01100001 01101110 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N o n p e r f o r m a n c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 006F 006E 0070 0065 0072 0066 006F 0072 006D 0061 006E 0063 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4881808271847281847967806971 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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