Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonrepayment

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: non-re-pay-ment
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Failure to repay.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Instead of default rates, the department calculated nonrepayment rates, which include both defaulters and borrowers who have never paid a single dollar of principal on their loans."

Etymology

From non- + repayment.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: non

Usage

Inflected Forms

nonrepayments (plural)

Questions

What does nonrepayment mean?: Failure to repay.
Where does nonrepayment come from?: From non- + repayment.

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